Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus dunnii |
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Lyall's mariposa-lily |
Dunn's mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants rarely bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |
Stems | not branching or with branch in axil of cauline leaf, straight, 1–5 dm. |
slender, usually branching, ± straight, 2–6 dm. |
Leaves | basal solitary, persistent, 1–3 dm × 2–20 mm, usually not exceeding inflorescence; blade tapering toward both ends. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear-attenuate, channeled. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–9-flowered; bracts 2–several, lanceolate to linear, attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm; peduncle slender, becoming stiffly erect in fruit. |
2–6-flowered; bracts 1–2 cm. |
Flowers | erect or spreading; perianth open, campanulate; sepals white or purplish-tinged, usually with purple crescent, lanceolate, usually equaling petals, often adaxially papillose, apex acuminate to attenuate; petals white or purplish-tinged, usually with median, red-purple, adaxial crescent distal to gland, ovate to lanceolate, abruptly contracted at base into short, conspicuous claw, usually conspicuously fringed with long, slender hairs, adaxial surface ± papillose, bearing a few long hairs distal to claw, apex acute to acuminate; glands transversely oblong, depressed, arched upward, bordered proximally by narrower, crenate membrane, with short, thick hairs toward distal margin of enclosed surface, both fringe of lower membrane and hairs densely long-papillose; filaments basally dilated, ± equaling anthers; anthers oblong-lanceolate, apex acute to short-apiculate. |
erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals lanceolate-ovate, 1–2 cm; petals white, usually flushed pink, with red-brown blotch distal to gland, obovate to cuneate, 2–3 cm, usually rounded distally, with yellowish hairs near gland; glands rounded, not depressed, covered with linear yellow hairs; filaments 5–6 mm; anthers white, oblong, 4–5 mm, apex acute. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, base and apex acute. |
erect, linear, angled in cross section, 2–3 cm. |
Seeds | irregular. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus dunnii |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering mid summer. |
Habitat | Dry slopes, open coniferous forests | Dry stony ridges in chaparral and pine forest |
Elevation | 300–1500 m (1000–4900 ft) | 1500–1700 m (4900–5600 ft) |
Distribution |
WA; BC
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CA; Mexico (Baja California) |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 130. | FNA vol. 26. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. palmeri var. dunnii | |
Name authority | Baker: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 305. (1874) | Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 147, plate 19, figs. 14, 17. (1901) |
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