Calochortus longebarbatus |
Calochortus venustus |
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long-bearded mariposa lily, long-bearded sego-lily, long-hair star-tulip, longbeard mariposa lily |
butterfly mariposa lily, square mariposa tulip |
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Habit | Plants 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, 1–6 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(–10)-flowered; bracts 2–8 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 lanceolate, 3–5 cm, apex recurved; petals white to brightly or deeply yellow, purple, or dark red, with dark red median blotch, often with second paler distal blotch, obovate or cuneate to clawed, rounded, 3–5 cm, with scattered proximal hairs, apex retuse to obtuse; glands in lower middle of petal, ± square, sometimes ovate, not depressed, covered with short, orange to red-purple hairs; filaments usually equaling anthers; anthers linear-lanceolate to oblong. |
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Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid to ± globular, 2–3 cm. |
erect, linear, angled, 5–6 cm. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
light beige, ± flat, 4–6 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Calochortus longebarbatus |
Calochortus venustus |
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Phenology | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. | |||||
Habitat | Light sandy soil, often in decomposed granite in valley grassland, foothill woodland, and pine forest | |||||
Elevation | 300–2700 m (1000–8900 ft) | |||||
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.) |
Flower color and pattern are very showy and exceedingly variable in Calochortus venustus. (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. 134. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa venusta | |||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 381. (1882) | Douglas ex Bentham: Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. 2, 1: 412, plate 15, fig. 3. (1835) | ||||
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