Calochortus invenustus |
Calochortus longebarbatus |
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plain mariposa, plain mariposa lily |
long-bearded mariposa lily, long-bearded sego-lily, long-hair star-tulip, longbeard mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |||||
Stems | slender, usually not branching or twisted, 2–5 dm. |
usually not branching, 1–3 dm, proximal internodes very short; bulblet in axil of cauline leaf at or below ground surface. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
single; basal persistent, 2–3 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2–5 cm. |
1–4-flowered. |
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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 ovate-lanceolate, 15–20 mm, apex acuminate; petals light pink to ± lavender, with red-purple adaxial crescent distal to gland, widely obovate-cuneate, 20–30 mm, not ciliate, with a few long hairs; glands bordered proximally by ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs; filaments twice length of anthers; anther apex obtuse to abruptly short-tipped. |
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Capsules | erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 5–7 cm, apex acute. |
erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid to ± globular, 2–3 cm. |
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Seeds | flat. |
light brown, irregular. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Calochortus invenustus |
Calochortus longebarbatus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–late summer. | |||||
Habitat | Dry soil, usually granitic, usually in montane coniferous forests | |||||
Elevation | 1500–3000 m (4900–9800 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA
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w United States
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Discussion | recent collections of calochortus longebarbatus from oregon exhibit intergradation in the characters that heretofore have been thought to distinguish the following two varieties (k. l. chambers pers. comm.), and their continued recognition may prove unwarranted 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. 137. | FNA vol. 26. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||
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Name authority | Greene: Pittonia 2: 71. (1890) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 381. (1882) | ||||
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