Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus indecorus |
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big-pod mariposa, big-pod mariposa lily, white mariposa lily, wide-fruit mariposa lily |
sexton mountain mariposa lily |
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Stems | not branching, straight, 1–5 dm. |
stout, not branching, 16–22 cm, not bearing bulblets. |
Leaves | basal persistent, subtended by inflorescence, 1–3 dm × 5–25 mm; blade flat, tapering toward both ends, becoming involute. |
basal 2–25 dm × 8–12 mm; cauline usually present. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2 or more, narrowly lanceolate to linear, long-attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm. |
2–6-flowered. |
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 broadly lanceolate, somewhat shorter than petals; petals bright lavender, broadly obovate, adaxial surface glabrous or with short, purple hairs distal to gland, apex margins erose; glands slightly depressed, surrounded proximally by minutely denticulate membrane; filaments longer than anthers; anthers oblong, apex acute to obtuse. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid-oblong. |
nodding, narrowly 3-winged, ovoid, 1.5–2 cm. |
Seeds | light beige. |
unknown. |
2n | = 20. |
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Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus indecorus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering late spring. |
Habitat | Grasslands and open coniferous forests | |
Elevation | 700–2700 m (2300–8900 ft) | |
Distribution |
ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; WY
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OR |
Discussion | Calochortus indecorus was collected from the western slope of Sexton Mountain, northeastern Josephine County. Endemic to that area, the taxon is now presumed extinct. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 127. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. nitidus var. eurycarpus | |
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 348. (1871) | Ownbey & M. Peck: Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 191. (1954) |
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