Calochortus macrocarpus |
Calochortus panamintensis |
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green-banded star-tulip, sagebrush mariposa-lily |
Panamint mariposa-lily, Panamint Mountain mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | ||||
Stems | usually not branching, stout, 2–5 dm. |
usually not branching or twisted, 4–6 dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 0.5–1 dm; blade linear. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–3-flowered; bracts 3–5 cm. |
1–4-flowered; bracts 2–4 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 with dark purple or red blotch near base, lanceolate, 1–4 cm, apex acuminate; petals white tinged with lilac, with longitudinal median green stripe on abaxial surface, not spotted, narrowly obovate, 2–4 cm, ± glabrous; glands surrounded by red or purple border, round, depressed, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with short, unbranched or distally branching hairs; filaments ca. 6 mm; anthers bluish, oblong, 5–7 mm, ± glabrous, apex obtuse. |
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Capsules | erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acuminate. |
erect, tan to brown, linear-lanceoloid, angled, ca. 7 cm, apex acuminate. |
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Seeds | flat, inflated. |
light yellow, flat. |
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2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
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Calochortus macrocarpus |
Calochortus panamintensis |
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Phenology | Flowering early–mid summer. | |||||
Habitat | Dry rocky slopes in pinyon-juniper woodland | |||||
Elevation | 2300–3200 m (7500–10500 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
w North America
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CA; NV |
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Calochortus panamintensis is restricted to the Panamint Mountains, Inyo County. (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. 137. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa macrocarpa | C. nuttallii var. panamintensis | ||||
Name authority | Douglas: Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 276, plate 8. (1828) | (Ownbey) Reveal: in A. Cronquist et al., Intermount. Fl. 6: 501. (1977) | ||||
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