Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus gunnisonii |
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Lyall's mariposa-lily |
Gunnison's mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |||||
Stems | not branching or with branch in axil of cauline leaf, straight, 1–5 dm. |
not branching, straight, 2.4–5.5 dm. |
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Leaves | basal solitary, persistent, 1–3 dm × 2–20 mm, usually not exceeding inflorescence; blade tapering toward both ends. |
basal withering, 18–35 cm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–9-flowered; bracts 2–several, lanceolate to linear, attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm; peduncle slender, becoming stiffly erect in fruit. |
subumbellate, 1–3-flowered. |
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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 marked similar to petals, lanceolate, usually much shorter, glabrous, apex acute; petals white to purple, greenish adaxially, clawed, often with narrow, transverse purple band distal to gland and purple blotch on claw, obovate, cuneate, usually obtuse and rounded distally; glands transversely oblong, not depressed, densely bearded with distally branching hairs, outermost of which somewhat connate at base to form discontinuous, deeply fringed membranes; filaments shorter than anthers; anthers lanceolate, apex acute to apiculate. |
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Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, base and apex acute. |
erect, linear-oblong, 3-angled, 3–6 cm, apex acute. |
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Seeds | irregular. |
flat, inflated. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 18. |
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Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus gunnisonii |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||
Habitat | Dry slopes, open coniferous forests | |||||
Elevation | 300–1500 m (1000–4900 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
WA; BC
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wc North America
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Discussion | 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, p. 130. | FNA vol. 26, p. 140. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||
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Name authority | Baker: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 305. (1874) | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 348. (1871) | ||||
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