Flora of North America species comparison

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Calochortus macrocarpus

Calochortus dunnii
Calochortus macrocarpus

green-banded star-tulip, sagebrush mariposa-lily

Dunn's mariposa-lily
Habit Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. Plants rarely bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous.
Stems

usually not branching, stout, 2–5 dm.

slender, usually branching, ± straight, 2–6 dm.
Leaves

basal withering, 0.5–1 dm;

blade linear.

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear-attenuate, channeled.
Inflorescences

subumbellate, 1–3-flowered;

bracts 3–5 cm.

2–6-flowered;

bracts 1–2 cm.
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-ovate, 1–2 cm;

petals white, usually flushed pink, with red-brown blotch distal to gland, obovate to cuneate, 2–3 cm, usually rounded distally, with yellowish hairs near gland;

glands rounded, not depressed, covered with linear yellow hairs;

filaments 5–6 mm;

anthers white, oblong, 4–5 mm, apex acute.
Capsules

erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acuminate.

erect, linear, angled in cross section, 2–3 cm.
Seeds

flat, inflated.

2n

= 14.

= 14.

Calochortus macrocarpus

Calochortus dunnii
Phenology Flowering mid summer.
Habitat Dry stony ridges in chaparral and pine forest
Elevation 1500–1700 m [4900–5600 ft]
Distribution
from USDA
w North America
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from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Of conservation concern.

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Key
1. Petals purple, with or without dark purple band distal to gland.
var. macrocarpus
1. Petals white, with reddish purple crescent distal to gland.
var. maculosus
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 136. Treatment authors: P. L. Fiedler, R. K. Zebell. FNA vol. 26. Treatment authors: P. L. Fiedler, R. K. Zebell.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Calochortus Liliaceae > Calochortus
Sibling taxa
C. albus, C. amabilis, C. ambiguus, C. amoenus, C. apiculatus, C. argillosus, C. aureus, C. bruneaunis, C. catalinae, C. clavatus, C. coeruleus, C. concolor, C. coxii, C. dunnii, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, C. excavatus, C. flexuosus, C. greenei, C. gunnisonii, C. howellii, C. indecorus, C. invenustus, C. kennedyi, C. leichtlinii, C. longebarbatus, C. luteus, C. lyallii, C. minimus, C. monanthus, C. monophyllus, C. nitidus, C. nudus, C. nuttallii, C. obispoensis, C. palmeri, C. panamintensis, C. persistens, C. plummerae, C. pulchellus, C. raichei, C. simulans, C. splendens, C. striatus, C. subalpinus, C. superbus, C. tiburonensis, C. tolmiei, C. umbellatus, C. umpquaensis, C. uniflorus, C. venustus, C. vestae, C. weedii, C. westonii
C. albus, C. amabilis, C. ambiguus, C. amoenus, C. apiculatus, C. argillosus, C. aureus, C. bruneaunis, C. catalinae, C. clavatus, C. coeruleus, C. concolor, C. coxii, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, C. excavatus, C. flexuosus, C. greenei, C. gunnisonii, C. howellii, C. indecorus, C. invenustus, C. kennedyi, C. leichtlinii, C. longebarbatus, C. luteus, C. lyallii, C. macrocarpus, C. minimus, C. monanthus, C. monophyllus, C. nitidus, C. nudus, C. nuttallii, C. obispoensis, C. palmeri, C. panamintensis, C. persistens, C. plummerae, C. pulchellus, C. raichei, C. simulans, C. splendens, C. striatus, C. subalpinus, C. superbus, C. tiburonensis, C. tolmiei, C. umbellatus, C. umpquaensis, C. uniflorus, C. venustus, C. vestae, C. weedii, C. westonii
Subordinate taxa
C. macrocarpus var. macrocarpus, C. macrocarpus var. maculosus
Synonyms Mariposa macrocarpa C. palmeri var. dunnii
Name authority Douglas: Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 276, plate 8. (1828) Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 147, plate 19, figs. 14, 17. (1901)
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