Calochortus longebarbatus |
Calochortus palmeri |
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long-bearded mariposa lily, long-bearded sego-lily, long-hair star-tulip, longbeard mariposa lily |
Palmer's mariposa lily, strangling mariposa |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |||||||||
Stems | usually not branching, 1–3 dm, proximal internodes very short; bulblet in axil of cauline leaf at or below ground surface. |
usually branching, straight, 3–6 dm; bearing bulblets or not. |
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Leaves | single; basal persistent, 2–3 dm; blade linear. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear-attenuate. |
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Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered. |
mono-chasiate, 1–4-flowered; bracts 1–2 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, broadly campanulate; sepals usually with brownish blotch near base, lanceolate, 3 cm, apex acuminate; petals white to lavender, sometimes with brownish blotch distal to gland, obovate-cuneate, rounded distally, 2–3 cm, usually with yellow hairs near gland, apex acute to acuminate; glands many, rounded, not depressed, short, thick, distally knobbed, sometimes with yellowish or purplish hairs, otherwise glabrous; filaments 7–8 mm; anthers white, oblong, 5–7 mm, apex acute. |
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Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid to ± globular, 2–3 cm. |
erect, linear, angled in cross section, ca. 5 cm. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Calochortus longebarbatus |
Calochortus palmeri |
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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 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. 133. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 381. (1882) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 266. (1879) | ||||||||
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