Calochortus flexuosus |
Calochortus weedii |
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winding mariposa, winding mariposa lily |
foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants rarely bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | ||||||||
Stems | twining or straggling over ground, branching, 1–2 dm, usually sinuous. |
slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm. |
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Leaves | basal, withering; blade linear, attenuate. |
basal withering, 2–4 dm; blade linear to lanceolate. |
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Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered; bracts 1–3 cm. |
2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
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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, broadly campanulate; sepals ovate to lanceolate, attenuate, 2–3 cm; petals orange-yellow, flecked, broadly cuneate or obovate, ca. 2–3 cm, adaxially bearded with long yellow hairs, margins often red-brown, dentate or fringed; glands round, slightly depressed, ± glabrous, surrounded by ring of long, dense, obscuring yellow hairs; filaments 8–12 mm; anthers lanceolate-oblong, apex acute. |
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Capsules | erect, lanceoloid, angled, stout, 3–4 cm. |
erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
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Seeds | light beige, flat. |
light beige. |
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2n | = 14. |
= 18. |
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Calochortus flexuosus |
Calochortus weedii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | |||||||||
Habitat | Dry stony slopes, desert hills, mesas, creosote bush scrub, sagebrush scrub | |||||||||
Elevation | 500–2000 m (1600–6600 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; UT
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | Varieties 4 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 131. | FNA vol. 26, p. 141. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | S. Watson: Amer. Naturalist 7: 303. (1873) | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 169. (1868) | ||||||||
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