Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus invenustus |
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Lyall's mariposa-lily |
plain mariposa, plain 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. |
slender, usually not branching or twisted, 2–5 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. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–9-flowered; bracts 2–several, lanceolate to linear, attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm; peduncle slender, becoming stiffly erect in fruit. |
subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2–5 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, 2–3 cm, apex acuminate; petals white or dull lavender to purplish, with longitudinal median green stripe on adaxial surface and sometimes purplish blotch proximal to gland, cuneate to obovate, 2–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland, apex obtuse to apiculate; glands ± round, slightly depressed, small, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with short, distally branching hairs; filaments 6–7 mm; anthers purplish or yellowish, oblong, 7–8 mm, apex obtuse. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, base and apex acute. |
erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 5–7 cm, apex acute. |
Seeds | irregular. |
flat. |
2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus invenustus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering late spring–late summer. |
Habitat | Dry slopes, open coniferous forests | Dry soil, usually granitic, usually in montane coniferous forests |
Elevation | 300–1500 m (1000–4900 ft) | 1500–3000 m (4900–9800 ft) |
Distribution |
WA; BC
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CA
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 130. | FNA vol. 26, p. 137. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Baker: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 305. (1874) | Greene: Pittonia 2: 71. (1890) |
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