Flora of North America species comparison

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Calochortus macrocarpus

Calochortus monophyllus
Calochortus macrocarpus

green-banded star-tulip, sagebrush mariposa-lily

yellow cat's ear, yellow star-tulip
Habit Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous.
Stems

usually not branching, stout, 2–5 dm.

slender, branching or not, 0.8–2 dm.
Leaves

basal withering, 0.5–1 dm;

blade linear.

basal persistent, 1–3 dm;

blade linear, flat.
Inflorescences

subumbellate, 1–3-flowered;

bracts 3–5 cm.

1–6-flowered.
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 at anthesis;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals oblong-lanceolate, 16–20 mm, glabrous, apex acuminate;

petals deep yellow, often with red-brown blotch distal to base, narrowly obovate, 12–20 mm, ciliate, adaxial surface densely branching-hairy;

glands bordered proximally by ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs;

anthers short-tipped.
Capsules

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

nodding, winged, oblong, 1–2 cm.
Seeds

flat, inflated.

dark brown, irregular.
2n

= 14.

= 20.

Calochortus macrocarpus

Calochortus monophyllus
Phenology Flowering spring.
Habitat Wooded slopes, clay-loam soils
Elevation 400–1200 m (1300–3900 ft)
Distribution
from USDA
w North America
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from FNA
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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. FNA vol. 26, p. 124.
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. 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. macrocarpus, C. minimus, C. monanthus, 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 Cyclobothra monophylla
Name authority Douglas: Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 276, plate 8. (1828) (Lindley) Lemaire: Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: 430b. (1849)
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