Calochortus flexuosus |
Calochortus invenustus |
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winding mariposa, winding mariposa lily |
plain mariposa, plain mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants rarely bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. |
Stems | twining or straggling over ground, branching, 1–2 dm, usually sinuous. |
slender, usually not branching or twisted, 2–5 dm. |
Leaves | basal, withering; blade linear, attenuate. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered; bracts 1–3 cm. |
subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2–5 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 lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 cm, apex acuminate; petals white or dull lavender to purplish, with longitudinal median green stripe on adaxial surface and sometimes purplish blotch proximal to gland, cuneate to obovate, 2–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland, apex obtuse to apiculate; glands ± round, slightly depressed, small, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with short, distally branching hairs; filaments 6–7 mm; anthers purplish or yellowish, oblong, 7–8 mm, apex obtuse. |
Capsules | erect, lanceoloid, angled, stout, 3–4 cm. |
erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 5–7 cm, apex acute. |
Seeds | light beige, flat. |
flat. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Calochortus flexuosus |
Calochortus invenustus |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering late spring–late summer. |
Habitat | Dry stony slopes, desert hills, mesas, creosote bush scrub, sagebrush scrub | Dry soil, usually granitic, usually in montane coniferous forests |
Elevation | 500–2000 m (1600–6600 ft) | 1500–3000 m (4900–9800 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; UT
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CA
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 131. | FNA vol. 26, p. 137. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | S. Watson: Amer. Naturalist 7: 303. (1873) | Greene: Pittonia 2: 71. (1890) |
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