Calochortus longebarbatus |
Calochortus clavatus |
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long-bearded mariposa lily, long-bearded sego-lily, long-hair star-tulip, longbeard mariposa lily |
club hair mariposa, clubhair mariposa lily, slender 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. |
slender or coarse, stout, branching or not, strongly flexuous, 3–10 dm. |
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Leaves | single; basal persistent, 2–3 dm; blade linear. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered. |
subumbellate, 1–6-flowered; bracts 4–8 cm, bases dilated. |
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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, cup-shaped; sepals usually with red-brown blotch at base, lanceolate-ovate, 2–4 cm, apex acute; petals lemon to golden yellow, with transverse line distal to gland, broadly cuneate to obovate, 3–5 cm; glands round, deeply depressed, densely covered with short hairs with branching, coralline tips, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane and club-shaped hairs; filaments ca. 10 mm; anthers purplish brown, oblong, 4–10 mm. |
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Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid to ± globular, 2–3 cm. |
erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 6–9 cm, apex acuminate. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
light yellow, translucent, flat. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Calochortus longebarbatus |
Calochortus clavatus |
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Distribution |
w United States
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CA
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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.) |
Varieties 5 (5 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 138. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa clavata | |||||||||||||||||||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 381. (1882) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 265. (1879) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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