Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus westonii |
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Lyall's mariposa-lily |
mariposa-lily, Shirley Meadows mariposa lily, Shirley Meadows star-tulip |
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Stems | not branching or with branch in axil of cauline leaf, straight, 1–5 dm. |
slender and delicate, not branching, 3–15 cm. |
Leaves | basal solitary, persistent, 1–3 dm × 2–20 mm, usually not exceeding inflorescence; blade tapering toward both ends. |
basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–9-flowered; bracts 2–several, lanceolate to linear, attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm; peduncle slender, becoming stiffly erect in fruit. |
1–12-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 to spreading; perianth open, campanulate; sepals ca. 10 mm; petals white to light blue, lanceolate, 8–12 mm, ciliate only on margins, adaxial surface hairy only distal to gland, apex acute; glands slightly depressed, bordered proximally by ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs; anther apex acute to acuminate. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, base and apex acute. |
nodding, angled, 1–2 cm, apex acute. |
Seeds | irregular. |
irregular. |
2n | = 20. |
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Calochortus lyallii |
Calochortus westonii |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering late spring. |
Habitat | Dry slopes, open coniferous forests | Open places in woods, meadows |
Elevation | 300–1500 m (1000–4900 ft) | 1500–2000 m (4900–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
WA; BC
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CA |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Calochortus westonii is known from the Greenhorn Mountains, Kern and Tulare counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 130. | FNA vol. 26, p. 125. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. coeruleus var. westonii | |
Name authority | Baker: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 305. (1874) | Eastwood: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 20: 136. (1931) |
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