Calochortus invenustus |
Calochortus dunnii |
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plain mariposa, plain mariposa lily |
Dunn's mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | Plants rarely bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. |
Stems | slender, usually not branching or twisted, 2–5 dm. |
slender, usually branching, ± straight, 2–6 dm. |
Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear-attenuate, channeled. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2–5 cm. |
2–6-flowered; bracts 1–2 cm. |
Flowers | erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 cm, apex acuminate; petals white or dull lavender to purplish, with longitudinal median green stripe on adaxial surface and sometimes purplish blotch proximal to gland, cuneate to obovate, 2–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland, apex obtuse to apiculate; glands ± round, slightly depressed, small, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with short, distally branching hairs; filaments 6–7 mm; anthers purplish or yellowish, oblong, 7–8 mm, apex obtuse. |
erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals lanceolate-ovate, 1–2 cm; petals white, usually flushed pink, with red-brown blotch distal to gland, obovate to cuneate, 2–3 cm, usually rounded distally, with yellowish hairs near gland; glands rounded, not depressed, covered with linear yellow hairs; filaments 5–6 mm; anthers white, oblong, 4–5 mm, apex acute. |
Capsules | erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 5–7 cm, apex acute. |
erect, linear, angled in cross section, 2–3 cm. |
Seeds | flat. |
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2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Calochortus invenustus |
Calochortus dunnii |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–late summer. | Flowering mid summer. |
Habitat | Dry soil, usually granitic, usually in montane coniferous forests | Dry stony ridges in chaparral and pine forest |
Elevation | 1500–3000 m (4900–9800 ft) | 1500–1700 m (4900–5600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA; Mexico (Baja California) |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 137. | FNA vol. 26. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. palmeri var. dunnii | |
Name authority | Greene: Pittonia 2: 71. (1890) | Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 147, plate 19, figs. 14, 17. (1901) |
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