Calochortus howellii |
Calochortus amabilis |
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Howell's mariposa lily |
Diogenes' lantern, golden fairy lantern |
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Stems | slender, not branching or rarely branching in axil of cauline leaf, straight, 2–4 dm. |
usually branching distal to base, 1–5 dm, slightly glaucous. |
Leaves | basal persistent, 20–35 cm; blade gradually tapering distally, adaxially pubescent. |
basal persistent, 20–50 cm; blade linear, flat, slightly glaucous. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–3-flowered; bracts 2, subopposite, linear to narrowly lanceolate, attenuate, 1–3 cm. |
2–many-flowered. |
Flowers | erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals shorter than petals, ovate-acuminate, glabrous; petals yellowish white, with purplish hairs toward base, broadly obovate, cuneate, inconspicuously fringed laterally, sparingly short-hairy adaxially, apex rounded; glands transversely oblong, slightly depressed, densely covered with short, distally branching hairs, the bases of which unite at lower margin to form inconspicuous, discontinuous membranes; filaments shorter than anthers; anthers oblong-lanceolate, apex acute to short-apiculate. |
nodding; perianth closed at apex, globular; sepals spreading, ovate to lanceolate, 1.5–2 cm; petals deep yellow, with brown abaxial blotch, widely lanceolate, 1.6–2 cm, densely ciliate throughout, adaxial surface glabrous or with a few hairs near gland; glands deeply depressed, bordered distally by band of hairs; filaments longer than anthers; anthers oblong, apex obtuse or acute. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, ca. 2 cm, base and apex acute. |
nodding, winged, oblong, 2–3 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
Seeds | light-colored, irregular. |
dark brown, irregular. |
2n | = 20. |
= 20. |
Calochortus howellii |
Calochortus amabilis |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Dry, rocky, serpentine soils | Shaded places in open woods or brush |
Elevation | 300–500 m (1000–1600 ft) | 100–1000 m (300–3300 ft) |
Distribution |
OR
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CA
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Discussion | Calochortus howellii is known only from the Illinois River valley, Josephine County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 129. | FNA vol. 26, p. 124. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 23: 266. (1888) | Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 119, plate 19, fig. 1. (1901) |
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