Calochortus longebarbatus |
Calochortus kennedyi |
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long-bearded mariposa lily, long-bearded sego-lily, long-hair star-tulip, longbeard mariposa lily |
desert mariposa, desert 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 not branching but sometimes twisted, 1–2(–5) dm. |
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Leaves | single; basal persistent, 2–3 dm; blade linear. |
blade linear-attenuate; basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade channeled, glaucous. |
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Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered. |
subumbellate, 1–6-flowered; bracts 2–4 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, 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. |
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Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid to ± globular, 2–3 cm. |
erect, longitudinally striped, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 4–6 cm, apex acuminate. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
flat. |
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2n | =16. |
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Calochortus longebarbatus |
Calochortus kennedyi |
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Distribution |
w United States
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sw United States; nw Mexico
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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 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, p. 138. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 381. (1882) | Porter: Bot. Gaz. 2: 79. (1877) | ||||||||
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