Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus flexuosus |
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Lyall's mariposa-lily |
winding mariposa, winding 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. |
twining or straggling over ground, branching, 1–2 dm, usually sinuous. |
Leaves | basal solitary, persistent, 1–3 dm × 2–20 mm, usually not exceeding inflorescence; blade tapering toward both ends. |
basal, withering; blade linear, attenuate. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–9-flowered; bracts 2–several, lanceolate to linear, attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm; peduncle slender, becoming stiffly erect in fruit. |
1–4-flowered; bracts 1–3 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, each member with transverse yellow band; sepals lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 cm; petals white with lilac tinge, darker veined, especially distally, sometimes with purple blotch distal to gland, obovate to cuneate, 3–4 cm, with sparse or dense, short or long hairs near gland, apex rounded; glands transverse-lunate or wider, densely short-hairy; filaments 6–10 mm; anthers oblong, 5–7 mm, apex obtuse or acute. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, base and apex acute. |
erect, lanceoloid, angled, stout, 3–4 cm. |
Seeds | irregular. |
light beige, flat. |
2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus flexuosus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Dry slopes, open coniferous forests | Dry stony slopes, desert hills, mesas, creosote bush scrub, sagebrush scrub |
Elevation | 300–1500 m (1000–4900 ft) | 500–2000 m (1600–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
WA; BC
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AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; UT
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 130. | FNA vol. 26, p. 131. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Baker: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 305. (1874) | S. Watson: Amer. Naturalist 7: 303. (1873) |
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