Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus umbellatus |
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Lyall's mariposa-lily |
Oakland mariposa lily, Oakland star-tulip |
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Stems | not branching or with branch in axil of cauline leaf, straight, 1–5 dm. |
usually branching, 8–25 cm, not bearing bulblets. |
Leaves | basal solitary, persistent, 1–3 dm × 2–20 mm, usually not exceeding inflorescence; blade tapering toward both ends. |
basal persistent, 2–4 dm; blade lanceolate, flat; cauline usually present. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–9-flowered; bracts 2–several, lanceolate to linear, attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm; peduncle slender, becoming stiffly erect in fruit. |
subumbellate, 3–12-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 open, campanulate; sepals 10–14 mm; petals white to pale pink, usually with purple blotch near gland, widely obovate to cuneate, 12–18 mm, adaxial surface not ciliate, ± glabrous, margins irregularly dentate distally; glands basally convex, covered by broad, ciliate membrane, bordered distally by short hairs; filaments longer than anthers; anthers oblong, apex acute or obtuse. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, base and apex acute. |
nodding, 3-winged, 1–2 cm. |
Seeds | irregular. |
dark brown, irregular. |
2n | = 20. |
= 20. |
Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus umbellatus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering early spring–early summer. |
Habitat | Dry slopes, open coniferous forests | Openings in chaparral or woods, often on serpentine |
Elevation | 300–1500 m (1000–4900 ft) | 100–700 m (300–2300 ft) |
Distribution |
WA; BC
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CA
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Discussion | Calochortus umbellatus grows around San Francisco Bay. It is reported also from Lake 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. 127. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Baker: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 305. (1874) | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 168. (1868) |
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