Calochortus flexuosus |
Calochortus raichei |
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winding mariposa, winding mariposa lily |
cedars fairy lantern, cedars mariposa lily, The Cedars fairy-lantern |
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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 distal to base, 1–10 dm, conspicuously glaucous. |
Leaves | basal, withering; blade linear, attenuate. |
basal 3–4 dm; blade linear, attenuate, channeled, conspicuously glaucous. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered; bracts 1–3 cm. |
1–2-flowered; bracts paired, opposite. |
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. |
nodding; perianth ± closed at apex, ± oblong; sepals appressed to petals, grayish mauve to pale green, broadly lanceolate, 1–2.5 cm, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals pale yellow, obovate, 2–4.5 cm, adaxial surface moderately hairy from gland to apex, margins moderately ciliate to apex, apex acuminate to acute; glands depressed, with long, thin, distal hairs; filaments 7–9 mm; anthers ± oblong, 6 mm, apex obtuse. |
Capsules | erect, lanceoloid, angled, stout, 3–4 cm. |
nodding, ridged, not winged, oblong, 2–4 cm, apex acute. |
Seeds | light beige, flat. |
dark brown, irregular. |
2n | = 14. |
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Calochortus flexuosus |
Calochortus raichei |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Dry stony slopes, desert hills, mesas, creosote bush scrub, sagebrush scrub | Exposed serpentine soil in open woodlands |
Elevation | 500–2000 m (1600–6600 ft) | less than 300 m (less than 1000 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; UT
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CA |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Calochortus raichei is known only from the headwaters area of Big Austin Creek, Sonoma County. It is threatened by mining activities. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 131. | FNA vol. 26, p. 124. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | S. Watson: Amer. Naturalist 7: 303. (1873) | Farwig & V. Girard: Herbertia 43(1): 3, figs. 1, 2. (1987) |
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