Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus clavatus |
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big-pod mariposa, big-pod mariposa lily, white mariposa lily, wide-fruit mariposa lily |
club hair mariposa, clubhair mariposa lily, slender mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |||||||||||||||||
Stems | not branching, straight, 1–5 dm. |
slender or coarse, stout, branching or not, strongly flexuous, 3–10 dm. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, subtended by inflorescence, 1–3 dm × 5–25 mm; blade flat, tapering toward both ends, becoming involute. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2 or more, narrowly lanceolate to linear, long-attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm. |
subumbellate, 1–6-flowered; bracts 4–8 cm, bases dilated. |
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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, cup-shaped; sepals usually with red-brown blotch at base, lanceolate-ovate, 2–4 cm, apex acute; petals lemon to golden yellow, with transverse line distal to gland, broadly cuneate to obovate, 3–5 cm; glands round, deeply depressed, densely covered with short hairs with branching, coralline tips, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane and club-shaped hairs; filaments ca. 10 mm; anthers purplish brown, oblong, 4–10 mm. |
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Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid-oblong. |
erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 6–9 cm, apex acuminate. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
light yellow, translucent, flat. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 16. |
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Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus clavatus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Grasslands and open coniferous forests | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 700–2700 m (2300–8900 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; WY
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CA
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Discussion | Varieties 5 (5 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 138. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | C. nitidus var. eurycarpus | Mariposa clavata | ||||||||||||||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 348. (1871) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 265. (1879) | ||||||||||||||||
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