Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus splendens |
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Lyall's mariposa-lily |
splendid mariposa, splendid 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. |
branching, ± straight, 2–6 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, attenuate. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–9-flowered; bracts 2–several, lanceolate to linear, attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm; peduncle slender, becoming stiffly erect in fruit. |
monochasiate, 1–4-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, narrow at base; sepals deep lilac, often with purple blotch, lanceolate-ovate to acuminate, 2–3 cm; petals lavender to deep purple, usually with purple blotch at base, obovate to cuneate, rounded, 3–5 cm, with scattered, white and/or purple hairs proximal to middle, sometimes with yellow hairs distal to gland, margins dentate distally; glands ± square, not depressed, usually with many branching hairs; filaments 7–8 mm; anthers purple or white, 5–7 mm, apex obtuse to abruptly pointed. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, base and apex acute. |
erect, linear, angled, 5–7 cm. |
Seeds | irregular. |
light-colored, flat. |
2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus splendens |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering late spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Dry slopes, open coniferous forests | Dry slopes in heavy or granitic soil in chaparral, valley grassland, pine forest |
Elevation | 300–1500 m (1000–4900 ft) | less than 2800 m (less than 9200 ft) |
Distribution |
WA; BC
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 130. | FNA vol. 26, p. 133. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. davidsonianus, Mariposa splendens | |
Name authority | Baker: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 305. (1874) | Douglas ex Bentham: Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. 2, 1: 411, plate 15, fig.1. (1835) |
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