Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus simulans |
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big-pod mariposa, big-pod mariposa lily, white mariposa lily, wide-fruit mariposa lily |
La Panza mariposa lily, San Luis obispo mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |
Stems | not branching, straight, 1–5 dm. |
usually branching, 1–6 dm. |
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. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2 or more, narrowly lanceolate to linear, long-attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm. |
subumbellate, 1–3-flowered; 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 with dark red proximal blotch surrounding gland and extending to base, lanceolate, 2–3 cm, apex recurved; petals white or yellowish, often pink abaxially, with dark red blotch surrounding gland, often with small red spot immediately above gland, obovate to cuneate, 3–5 cm, with scattered hairs proximally; glands suprabasal, ± square, not depressed, covered with short hairs; filaments usually equaling anthers; anthers linear-lanceolate to oblong. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid-oblong. |
erect, linear, angled, 5–6 cm. |
Seeds | light beige. |
light beige, flat, 5–6 mm. |
2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus simulans |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering late spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Grasslands and open coniferous forests | Sand (often granitic), grasslands to pine forests |
Elevation | 700–2700 m (2300–8900 ft) | 0–1100 m (0–3600 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; WY
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CA |
Discussion | Calochortus simulans is restricted to central San Luis Obispo County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 134. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. nitidus var. eurycarpus | Mariposa simulans |
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 348. (1871) | (Hoover) Munz: Suppl. Calif. Fl., 174. (1968) |
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