Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus vestae |
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big-pod mariposa, big-pod mariposa lily, white mariposa lily, wide-fruit mariposa lily |
Coast Range mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants strongly bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |
Stems | not branching, straight, 1–5 dm. |
usually branching, straight, 3–5 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 2–5 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; sepals linear-lanceolate, attenuate, 2–3 cm; petals white to purplish, streaked red to purple proximal to gland, with median red-brown blotch surrounded by pale yellow zone, cuneate to obovate, 3–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland, apex rounded; glands ± doubly lunate, not depressed, densely covered with short hairs; filaments equaling anthers; anthers oblong-linear, apex obtuse or acute. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid-oblong. |
erect, linear, angled, 4–7 cm, apex acute. |
Seeds | light beige. |
light beige, flat, 4–6 mm. |
2n | = 20. |
= 28. |
Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus vestae |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering late spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Grasslands and open coniferous forests | Heavy clay soils in mixed evergreen and pine forests |
Elevation | 700–2700 m (2300–8900 ft) | 500–900 m (1600–3000 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; WY
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CA |
Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 135. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. nitidus var. eurycarpus | |
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 348. (1871) | Purdy: Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 18: 14. (1895) |
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