Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus striatus |
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big-pod mariposa, big-pod mariposa lily, white mariposa lily, wide-fruit mariposa lily |
alkali mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants not bulbose. | |
Stems | not branching, straight, 1–5 dm. |
1–5 cm. |
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, 1–5-flowered; bracts linear, 1–3 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 lanceolate, 1–2 cm, apex acuminate; petals white to lavender, with conspicuous purple striping, obovate to cuneate, rounded, 2–3 cm, sparsely hairy around gland, margins irregularly dentate distally; glands oblong, not depressed, covered with linear hairs; filaments 5–7 mm; anthers oblong, 4–6 mm. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid-oblong. |
erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm. |
Seeds | light beige. |
light-colored, flat. |
2n | = 20. |
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Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus striatus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering mid spring–early summer. |
Habitat | Grasslands and open coniferous forests | Alkaline meadows, springy places in creosote bush scrub |
Elevation | 700–2700 m (2300–8900 ft) | 300–1400 m (1000–4600 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; WY
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CA; NV
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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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 | |
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 348. (1871) | Parish: Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 122. (1902) |
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