Calochortus macrocarpus |
Calochortus argillosus |
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green-banded star-tulip, sagebrush mariposa-lily |
clay mariposa, clay mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | Plants bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | ||||
Stems | usually not branching, stout, 2–5 dm. |
not branching, 4–6 dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 0.5–1 dm; blade linear. |
basal withering, 2–3 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–3-flowered; bracts 3–5 cm. |
subumbellate, 1–4-flowers; bracts 2–8 cm. |
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Flowers | erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals lanceolate, 4–5 cm, apex acuminate; petals purple, with median green stripe on abaxial surface, obovate, 4–6 cm, bearded distal to gland, apex acuminate; glands triangular-sagittate, slightly depressed, densely covered with slender hairs; filaments 8–9 mm; anthers lanceolate-linear, ca. 1 cm, apex obtuse. |
erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals lanceolate, 2–4 cm, apex acute to acuminate; petals white to purple, with median red blotch often surrounded by pale yellow, obovate to cuneate, rounded, 2–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland, apex retuse to obtuse; glands arched, transversely oblong to weakly lunate or ± rectangular, not depressed, densely covered with short hairs; filaments 7–9 mm; anthers lanceolate-linear to oblong, 8–10 mm, apex acute to obtuse. |
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Capsules | erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acuminate. |
erect, narrowly lanceoloid, stout, 4–6 cm. |
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Seeds | flat, inflated. |
light beige, lanceolate, flat, 5–6 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
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Calochortus macrocarpus |
Calochortus argillosus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||
Habitat | Hard clay soil of volcanic or metamorphic rock | |||||
Elevation | 0–400 m [0–1300 ft] | |||||
Distribution |
w North America
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CA
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Discussion | 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. 136. | FNA vol. 26, p. 134. | ||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa macrocarpa | Mariposa argillosa | ||||
Name authority | Douglas: Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 276, plate 8. (1828) | (Hoover) Zebell & P. L. Fiedler: Madroño 39: 306. (1992) | ||||
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