Calochortus flexuosus |
Calochortus coxii |
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winding mariposa, winding mariposa lily |
Cox's cat's ear, Cox's mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants rarely bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |
Stems | twining or straggling over ground, branching, 1–2 dm, usually sinuous. |
usually not branching, straight to flexuous, often scapelike, 15–25 cm. |
Leaves | basal, withering; blade linear, attenuate. |
basal ± erect, to 3 dm × 3–7 mm; blade with adaxial surface densely hairy, abaxial surface glabrous, shiny. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered; bracts 1–3 cm. |
erect, 1–7-flowered; bracts 1–several, 2.5–3 cm. |
Flowers | erect; perianth open, campanulate, each member with transverse yellow band; sepals lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 cm; petals white with lilac tinge, darker veined, especially distally, sometimes with purple blotch distal to gland, obovate to cuneate, 3–4 cm, with sparse or dense, short or long hairs near gland, apex rounded; glands transverse-lunate or wider, densely short-hairy; filaments 6–10 mm; anthers oblong, 5–7 mm, apex obtuse or acute. |
erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals ovate-acuminate, 20 × 8 mm; petals white, with reddish striations from base to gland and broad lavender chevron just distal to gland margins, broadly obovate, 2.5 cm, adaxial surface densely hairy, margins slightly ciliate; glands transversely oblong-lunate, deeply depressed, green at adaxial base, 1/2 to nearly equaling petal claw width, surrounded by yellow hairs that grade to white at petal apex, covered with membranous scales, scales covered with very small, translucent, rodlike hairs; filaments 7 mm; anthers reddish brown, 3–7 mm, apex apiculate. |
Capsules | erect, lanceoloid, angled, stout, 3–4 cm. |
nodding, 3-winged, ellipsoid-elongate, 3–4 cm. |
Seeds | light beige, flat. |
light beige, surface rough. |
2n | = 14. |
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Calochortus flexuosus |
Calochortus coxii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering mid summer. |
Habitat | Dry stony slopes, desert hills, mesas, creosote bush scrub, sagebrush scrub | North-facing open grassy slopes or woods, on serpentine |
Elevation | 500–2000 m (1600–6600 ft) | 200–1000 m (700–3300 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; UT
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Calochortus coxii is endemic to Douglas County from near the Umpqua River to Myrtle Creek Mountain. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 131. | FNA vol. 26, p. 126. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | S. Watson: Amer. Naturalist 7: 303. (1873) | M. R. Godfrey & Callahan: Phytologia 65: 216, fig.1g–k. (1988) |
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