Calochortus flexuosus |
Calochortus nuttallii |
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winding mariposa, winding mariposa lily |
sego-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. |
usually not branching or twisted, straight, 1.5–4.5 dm. |
Leaves | basal, withering; blade linear, attenuate. |
blade linear, becoming involute; basal withering. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered; bracts 1–3 cm. |
subumbellate, 1–4-flowered; bracts congested, unequal. |
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 marked similar to petals, usually shorter, lanceolate, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals white, tinged with lilac or infrequently magenta, yellow at base, with reddish brown or purple band or blotch distal to gland, broadly obovate, cuneate, sparsely invested near gland with slender hairs, apex usually short-acuminate; glands round, depressed, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with short, unbranched or distally branching hairs; filaments ca. equaling anthers; anthers yellowish or pinkish, oblong, apex obtuse. |
Capsules | erect, lanceoloid, angled, stout, 3–4 cm. |
erect, linear-lanceoloid, 3-angled, apex acuminate. |
Seeds | light beige, flat. |
flat. |
2n | = 14. |
= 16. |
Calochortus flexuosus |
Calochortus nuttallii |
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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 soils |
Elevation | 500–2000 m (1600–6600 ft) | 700–3300 m (2300–10800 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; UT
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AZ; CO; ID; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; SD; UT; WY
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 131. | FNA vol. 26, p. 136. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | S. Watson: Amer. Naturalist 7: 303. (1873) | Torrey: in H. Stansbury, Exped. Great Salt Lake, 397. (1852) |
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