Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus westonii |
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big-pod mariposa, big-pod mariposa lily, white mariposa lily, wide-fruit mariposa lily |
mariposa-lily, Shirley Meadows mariposa lily, Shirley Meadows star-tulip |
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Stems | not branching, straight, 1–5 dm. |
slender and delicate, not branching, 3–15 cm. |
Leaves | basal persistent, subtended by inflorescence, 1–3 dm × 5–25 mm; blade flat, tapering toward both ends, becoming involute. |
basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2 or more, narrowly lanceolate to linear, long-attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm. |
1–12-flowered. |
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 to spreading; perianth open, campanulate; sepals ca. 10 mm; petals white to light blue, lanceolate, 8–12 mm, ciliate only on margins, adaxial surface hairy only distal to gland, apex acute; glands slightly depressed, bordered proximally by ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs; anther apex acute to acuminate. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid-oblong. |
nodding, angled, 1–2 cm, apex acute. |
Seeds | light beige. |
irregular. |
2n | = 20. |
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Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus westonii |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering late spring. |
Habitat | Grasslands and open coniferous forests | Open places in woods, meadows |
Elevation | 700–2700 m (2300–8900 ft) | 1500–2000 m (4900–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; WY
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CA |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Calochortus westonii is known from the Greenhorn Mountains, Kern and Tulare counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 125. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. nitidus var. eurycarpus | C. coeruleus var. westonii |
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 348. (1871) | Eastwood: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 20: 136. (1931) |
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