Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus obispoensis |
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Lyall's mariposa-lily |
San Luis mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | |
Stems | not branching or with branch in axil of cauline leaf, straight, 1–5 dm. |
slender, branching, straight, 3–6 dm. |
Leaves | basal solitary, persistent, 1–3 dm × 2–20 mm, usually not exceeding inflorescence; blade tapering toward both ends. |
basal withering, 2–3 dm; blade linear-lanceolate. |
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. |
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 opening flat, campanulate; sepals often reflexed, lanceolate, 1–3 cm, glabrous, apex long-tapered; petals yellow to deep orange, purple-brown at tip, oblong-ovate, 1–2 cm, conspicuously bearded, margins fringed or dentate, apex fringed with hairy tufts; glands round, slightly depressed, glabrous, surrounded and obscured by ring of slender, dense hairs united at base; filaments 7–8 mm; anthers oblong, apex acute. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, base and apex acute. |
erect, linear, 3-angled, 3–4 cm, apex acute. |
Seeds | irregular. |
light yellow, translucent. |
2n | = 20. |
= 18. |
Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus obispoensis |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering late spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Dry slopes, open coniferous forests | Dry stony hills, canyons, edge of chaparral, serpentine |
Elevation | 300–1500 m (1000–4900 ft) | 100–500 m (300–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
WA; BC
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CA |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Calochortus obispoensis is restricted to San Luis Obispo County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 130. | FNA vol. 26, p. 141. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Baker: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 305. (1874) | Lemmon: Bot. Gaz. 11: 180. (1886) |
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