Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus argillosus |
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big-pod mariposa, big-pod mariposa lily, white mariposa lily, wide-fruit mariposa lily |
clay mariposa, clay mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |
Stems | not branching, straight, 1–5 dm. |
not branching, 4–6 dm. |
Leaves | basal persistent, subtended by inflorescence, 1–3 dm × 5–25 mm; blade flat, tapering toward both ends, becoming involute. |
basal withering, 2–3 dm; blade linear. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2 or more, narrowly lanceolate to linear, long-attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm. |
subumbellate, 1–4-flowers; bracts 2–8 cm. |
Flowers | erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals ovate to lanceolate, usually much shorter than petals, glabrous, apex acute to acuminate; petals creamy white to lavender, with conspicuous median red-purple adaxial blotch, obovate, invested near gland with few long, flexuous hairs, base cuneate, apex rounded or acute; glands triangular-lunate, slightly depressed, bordered proximally by comparatively narrow, deeply fringed membrane, distally often by narrower, crenate membranes, enclosed surface densely covered with long yellowish hairs, which, with membrane fringe, are often inconspicuously papillose; filaments slightly longer than anthers; anthers oblong, apex obtuse. |
erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals lanceolate, 2–4 cm, apex acute to acuminate; petals white to purple, with median red blotch often surrounded by pale yellow, obovate to cuneate, rounded, 2–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland, apex retuse to obtuse; glands arched, transversely oblong to weakly lunate or ± rectangular, not depressed, densely covered with short hairs; filaments 7–9 mm; anthers lanceolate-linear to oblong, 8–10 mm, apex acute to obtuse. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid-oblong. |
erect, narrowly lanceoloid, stout, 4–6 cm. |
Seeds | light beige. |
light beige, lanceolate, flat, 5–6 mm. |
2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus argillosus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering late spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Grasslands and open coniferous forests | Hard clay soil of volcanic or metamorphic rock |
Elevation | 700–2700 m [2300–8900 ft] | 0–400 m [0–1300 ft] |
Distribution |
ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; WY
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CA
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 134. |
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Synonyms | C. nitidus var. eurycarpus | Mariposa argillosa |
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 348. (1871) | (Hoover) Zebell & P. L. Fiedler: Madroño 39: 306. (1992) |
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