Calochortus macrocarpus |
Calochortus pulchellus |
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green-banded star-tulip, sagebrush mariposa-lily |
Mount Diablo fairy-lantern, Mt. Diablo fairy-lantern |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |||||
Stems | usually not branching, stout, 2–5 dm. |
usually branching distal to base, 1–3 dm, not glaucous. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 0.5–1 dm; blade linear. |
basal persistent, 1–4 dm; blade green, lanceolate, tapering at base, flat, not glaucous. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–3-flowered; bracts 3–5 cm. |
1–5-flowered. |
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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. |
nodding; perianth closed at apex, ± globular; sepals spreading, yellow-green, ovate to lanceolate, 2–3 cm, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals pale yellow, lanceolate, 3–5 cm, conspicuously fringed with short, thick hairs, adaxial surface glabrous or sparsely hairy, apex obtuse; glands deeply depressed, bordered distally by long, slender hairs; filaments 6–8 mm; anthers oblong, 3–5 mm, apex obtuse or acute. |
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Capsules | erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acuminate. |
nodding, winged, ellipsoid-oblong, 2–4 cm. |
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Seeds | flat, inflated. |
dark brown, irregular. |
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2n | = 14. |
= 20. |
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Calochortus macrocarpus |
Calochortus pulchellus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | |||||
Habitat | Open places in woods, chaparral, typically on serpentine | |||||
Elevation | 200–800 m (700–2600 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.) |
Of conservation concern. Calochortus pulchellus is known from Mt. Diablo, Contra Costa County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 136. | FNA vol. 26, p. 123. | ||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa macrocarpa | Cyclobothra pulchella | ||||
Name authority | Douglas: Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 276, plate 8. (1828) | (Bentham) Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 168. (1868) | ||||
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