Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus superbus |
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big-pod mariposa, big-pod mariposa lily, white mariposa lily, wide-fruit mariposa lily |
superb mariposa lily, yellow mariposa |
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Habit | Plants bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |
Stems | not branching, straight, 1–5 dm. |
4–6 dm. |
Leaves | basal persistent, subtended by inflorescence, 1–3 dm × 5–25 mm; blade flat, tapering toward both ends, becoming involute. |
basal withering, 2–3 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, each member with median brown or purple blotch surrounded by bright yellow zone; sepals lanceolate, attenuate, 2–4 cm; petals white to yellowish or lavender, usually streaked with purple toward base, obovate to cuneate, rounded, 2–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland, apex retuse to obtuse; glands linear, strongly chevron-shaped to weakly lunate, not depressed, densely covered with short hairs; filaments 7–9 mm; anthers lanceolate-linear to oblong, 8–10 mm, apex acute to obtuse. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid-oblong. |
erect, linear, angled, 5–6 cm, apex acute. |
Seeds | light beige. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 12, 14, 20, 26. |
Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus superbus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering late spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Grasslands and open coniferous forests | Open slopes, dry meadows or wooded places in valley grassland, foothill woodland, pine forest |
Elevation | 700–2700 m (2300–8900 ft) | 0–1700 m (0–5600 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; WY
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CA
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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 superba |
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 348. (1871) | Purdy ex J. T. Howell: Leafl. W. Bot. 1: 11. (1932) |
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