Calochortus flexuosus |
Calochortus tiburonensis |
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winding mariposa, winding mariposa lily |
Tiburon 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 branching, 1–6 dm. |
Leaves | basal, withering; blade linear, attenuate. |
basal persistent, 1–7 dm; blade lanceolate, flat. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered; bracts 1–3 cm. |
2–several-flowered. |
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; petals light yellow-green, flecked and streaked purplish brown, oblanceolate, ciliate to near apex, hairy; glands depressed, bordered proximally by ciliate membrane, distally by 2 or more rows of short hairs; anthers short-tipped. |
Capsules | erect, lanceoloid, angled, stout, 3–4 cm. |
erect, angled, apex acute. |
Seeds | light beige, flat. |
dark brown, irregular. |
2n | = 14. |
= 20. |
Calochortus flexuosus |
Calochortus tiburonensis |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering late spring–early summer. |
Habitat | Dry stony slopes, desert hills, mesas, creosote bush scrub, sagebrush scrub | Serpentine grasslands |
Elevation | 500–2000 m (1600–6600 ft) | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; UT
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CA
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Calochortus tiburonensis is known only from Ring Mountain, Marin County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 131. | FNA vol. 26, p. 131. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | S. Watson: Amer. Naturalist 7: 303. (1873) | A. J. Hill: Madroño 22: 100, fig. 1. (1973) |
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