Calochortus longebarbatus |
Calochortus concolor |
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long-bearded mariposa lily, long-bearded sego-lily, long-hair star-tulip, longbeard mariposa lily |
golden bowl mariposa, goldenbowl mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |||||
Stems | usually not branching, 1–3 dm, proximal internodes very short; bulblet in axil of cauline leaf at or below ground surface. |
usually stout, sparingly branching, not flexuous or twisted, 3–6 dm. |
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Leaves | single; basal persistent, 2–3 dm; blade linear. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear, glaucous. |
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Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered. |
subumbellate, 1–4-flowered; bracts opposite pedicel, 4–8 cm. |
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Flowers | 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. |
erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals usually with dark red blotch near base, lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 cm; petals yellow, often tinged purple in drying, cuneate to obovate, 3–5 cm; glands usually ± round, depressed, small, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane and a few long, yellow hairs, densely covered with slender, unbranched hairs; filaments 9–10 mm; anthers yellowish, oblong, 8–10 mm, apex obtuse. |
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Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid to ± globular, 2–3 cm. |
erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 5–8 cm, apex acuminate. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
flat. |
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2n | = ca. 14. |
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Calochortus longebarbatus |
Calochortus concolor |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||
Habitat | Dry slopes in chaparral and pine forest, frequently on decomposed granite | |||||
Elevation | 700–2500 m (2300–8200 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
w United States
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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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. | FNA vol. 26. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||
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Synonyms | C. luteus var. concolor | |||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 381. (1882) | (Baker) Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 135. (1901) | ||||
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