Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus splendens |
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big-pod mariposa, big-pod mariposa lily, white mariposa lily, wide-fruit mariposa lily |
splendid mariposa, splendid mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants rarely bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |
Stems | not branching, straight, 1–5 dm. |
branching, ± straight, 2–6 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, attenuate. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2 or more, narrowly lanceolate to linear, long-attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm. |
monochasiate, 1–4-flowered; bracts 2–5 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, narrow at base; sepals deep lilac, often with purple blotch, lanceolate-ovate to acuminate, 2–3 cm; petals lavender to deep purple, usually with purple blotch at base, obovate to cuneate, rounded, 3–5 cm, with scattered, white and/or purple hairs proximal to middle, sometimes with yellow hairs distal to gland, margins dentate distally; glands ± square, not depressed, usually with many branching hairs; filaments 7–8 mm; anthers purple or white, 5–7 mm, apex obtuse to abruptly pointed. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid-oblong. |
erect, linear, angled, 5–7 cm. |
Seeds | light beige. |
light-colored, flat. |
2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus splendens |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering late spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Grasslands and open coniferous forests | Dry slopes in heavy or granitic soil in chaparral, valley grassland, pine forest |
Elevation | 700–2700 m (2300–8900 ft) | less than 2800 m (less than 9200 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; WY
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 133. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. nitidus var. eurycarpus | C. davidsonianus, Mariposa splendens |
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 348. (1871) | Douglas ex Bentham: Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. 2, 1: 411, plate 15, fig.1. (1835) |
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