Calochortus howellii |
Calochortus kennedyi |
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Howell's mariposa lily |
desert mariposa, desert mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |||||
Stems | slender, not branching or rarely branching in axil of cauline leaf, straight, 2–4 dm. |
usually not branching but sometimes twisted, 1–2(–5) dm. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 20–35 cm; blade gradually tapering distally, adaxially pubescent. |
blade linear-attenuate; basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade channeled, glaucous. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–3-flowered; bracts 2, subopposite, linear to narrowly lanceolate, attenuate, 1–3 cm. |
subumbellate, 1–6-flowered; bracts 2–4 cm, bases dilated. |
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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. |
erect; perianth open, campanulate, each member often with brown-purple blotch near base; sepals ovate, 2–3 cm, apex acute; petals orange to red or ± yellow, cuneate to obovate, 3–5 cm, with a few slightly enlarged hairs near gland; glands round, depressed, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with unbranched or cleft hairs; filaments 4–5 mm; anthers purplish, lanceolate, 5–8 mm. |
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Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, ca. 2 cm, base and apex acute. |
erect, longitudinally striped, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 4–6 cm, apex acuminate. |
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Seeds | light-colored, irregular. |
flat. |
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2n | = 20. |
=16. |
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Calochortus howellii |
Calochortus kennedyi |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||
Habitat | Dry, rocky, serpentine soils | |||||
Elevation | 300–500 m [1000–1600 ft] | |||||
Distribution |
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sw United States; nw Mexico
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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.) |
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 129. | FNA vol. 26, p. 138. | ||||
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Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 23: 266. (1888) | Porter: Bot. Gaz. 2: 79. (1877) | ||||
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