Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus longebarbatus |
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Lyall's mariposa-lily |
long-bearded mariposa lily, long-bearded sego-lily, long-hair star-tulip, longbeard mariposa lily |
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Stems | not branching or with branch in axil of cauline leaf, straight, 1–5 dm. |
usually not branching, 1–3 dm, proximal internodes very short; bulblet in axil of cauline leaf at or below ground surface. |
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Leaves | basal solitary, persistent, 1–3 dm × 2–20 mm, usually not exceeding inflorescence; blade tapering toward both ends. |
single; basal persistent, 2–3 dm; 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. |
1–4-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 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. |
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Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, base and apex acute. |
erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid to ± globular, 2–3 cm. |
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Seeds | irregular. |
light brown, irregular. |
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2n | = 20. |
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Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus longebarbatus |
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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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w United States
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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.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 130. | FNA vol. 26. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||
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Name authority | Baker: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 305. (1874) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 381. (1882) | ||||
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