Calochortus kennedyi |
Calochortus amabilis |
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desert mariposa, desert mariposa lily |
Diogenes' lantern, golden fairy lantern |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |||||
Stems | usually not branching but sometimes twisted, 1–2(–5) dm. |
usually branching distal to base, 1–5 dm, slightly glaucous. |
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Leaves | blade linear-attenuate; basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade channeled, glaucous. |
basal persistent, 20–50 cm; blade linear, flat, slightly glaucous. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–6-flowered; bracts 2–4 cm, bases dilated. |
2–many-flowered. |
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Flowers | 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. |
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. |
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Capsules | erect, longitudinally striped, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 4–6 cm, apex acuminate. |
nodding, winged, oblong, 2–3 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
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Seeds | flat. |
dark brown, irregular. |
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2n | =16. |
= 20. |
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Calochortus kennedyi |
Calochortus amabilis |
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Phenology | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. | |||||
Habitat | Shaded places in open woods or brush | |||||
Elevation | 100–1000 m (300–3300 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
sw United States; nw Mexico
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CA
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Discussion | 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. 138. | FNA vol. 26, p. 124. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||
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Name authority | Porter: Bot. Gaz. 2: 79. (1877) | Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 119, plate 19, fig. 1. (1901) | ||||
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