Flora of North America species comparison

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Calochortus invenustus

Calochortus flexuosus

plain mariposa, plain mariposa lily

winding mariposa, winding mariposa lily
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.

twining or straggling over ground, branching, 1–2 dm, usually sinuous.
Leaves

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear.

basal, withering;

blade linear, attenuate.
Inflorescences

subumbellate, 1–5-flowered;

bracts 2–5 cm.

1–4-flowered;

bracts 1–3 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, 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.
Capsules

erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 5–7 cm, apex acute.

erect, lanceoloid, angled, stout, 3–4 cm.
Seeds

flat.

light beige, flat.
2n

= 14.

= 14.

Calochortus invenustus

Calochortus flexuosus
Phenology Flowering late spring–late summer. Flowering spring.
Habitat Dry soil, usually granitic, usually in montane coniferous forests Dry stony slopes, desert hills, mesas, creosote bush scrub, sagebrush scrub
Elevation 1500–3000 m (4900–9800 ft) 500–2000 m (1600–6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; UT
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 137. FNA vol. 26, p. 131.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Calochortus Liliaceae > Calochortus
Sibling taxa
C. albus, C. amabilis, C. ambiguus, C. amoenus, C. apiculatus, C. argillosus, C. aureus, C. bruneaunis, C. catalinae, C. clavatus, C. coeruleus, C. concolor, C. coxii, C. dunnii, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, C. excavatus, C. flexuosus, C. greenei, C. gunnisonii, C. howellii, C. indecorus, C. kennedyi, C. leichtlinii, C. longebarbatus, C. luteus, C. lyallii, C. macrocarpus, C. minimus, C. monanthus, C. monophyllus, C. nitidus, C. nudus, C. nuttallii, C. obispoensis, C. palmeri, C. panamintensis, C. persistens, C. plummerae, C. pulchellus, C. raichei, C. simulans, C. splendens, C. striatus, C. subalpinus, C. superbus, C. tiburonensis, C. tolmiei, C. umbellatus, C. umpquaensis, C. uniflorus, C. venustus, C. vestae, C. weedii, C. westonii
C. albus, C. amabilis, C. ambiguus, C. amoenus, C. apiculatus, C. argillosus, C. aureus, C. bruneaunis, C. catalinae, C. clavatus, C. coeruleus, C. concolor, C. coxii, C. dunnii, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, C. excavatus, C. greenei, C. gunnisonii, C. howellii, C. indecorus, C. invenustus, C. kennedyi, C. leichtlinii, C. longebarbatus, C. luteus, C. lyallii, C. macrocarpus, C. minimus, C. monanthus, C. monophyllus, C. nitidus, C. nudus, C. nuttallii, C. obispoensis, C. palmeri, C. panamintensis, C. persistens, C. plummerae, C. pulchellus, C. raichei, C. simulans, C. splendens, C. striatus, C. subalpinus, C. superbus, C. tiburonensis, C. tolmiei, C. umbellatus, C. umpquaensis, C. uniflorus, C. venustus, C. vestae, C. weedii, C. westonii
Name authority Greene: Pittonia 2: 71. (1890) S. Watson: Amer. Naturalist 7: 303. (1873)
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