Calochortus gunnisonii |
Calochortus nitidus |
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Gunnison's mariposa lily |
broad-fruit mariposa lily, broadfruit mariposa |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |||||
Stems | not branching, straight, 2.4–5.5 dm. |
not branching, straight, 2–4 dm, proximal internodes elongate; bulblets rare. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 18–35 cm; blade linear. |
basal usually persistent, 1–3 dm × 10–25 mm; blade flat, tapering toward both ends, becoming involute; cauline ca. halfway up stem. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–3-flowered. |
subumbellate, 1–4-flowered; bracts 2 or more, narrowly lanceolate to linear, long-attenuate, unequal, 2–10 cm. |
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Flowers | erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals marked similar to petals, lanceolate, usually much shorter, glabrous, apex acute; petals white to purple, greenish adaxially, clawed, often with narrow, transverse purple band distal to gland and purple blotch on claw, obovate, cuneate, usually obtuse and rounded distally; glands transversely oblong, not depressed, densely bearded with distally branching hairs, outermost of which somewhat connate at base to form discontinuous, deeply fringed membranes; filaments shorter than anthers; anthers lanceolate, apex acute to apiculate. |
erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals ovate to lanceolate, shorter than petals, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals lavender, with deep purple adaxial crescent distal to gland, obovate, cuneate, ± ciliate laterally, sparingly covered with long, flexuous hairs distal to gland; glands ± triangular-lunate, slightly depressed, bordered proximally by narrow, deeply fringed membrane, covered with short, thick hairs, hairs and membrane fringe densely covered with long papillae; filaments longer than anthers; anthers oblong, 6–10 mm, apex obtuse. |
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Capsules | erect, linear-oblong, 3-angled, 3–6 cm, apex acute. |
erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid to nearly globular. |
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Seeds | flat, inflated. |
light beige. |
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2n | = 18. |
= 40. |
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Calochortus gunnisonii |
Calochortus nitidus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | |||||
Habitat | Low meadows along creeks | |||||
Elevation | 700–900 m (2300–3000 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
wc North America
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ID; OR; WA
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 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. 140. | FNA vol. 26, p. 129. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||
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Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 348. (1871) | Douglas: Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 277, plate 9A. (1828) | ||||
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