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Calochortus macrocarpus

Calochortus simulans
Calochortus macrocarpus

green-banded star-tulip, sagebrush mariposa-lily

La Panza mariposa lily, San Luis obispo mariposa-lily
Habit Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. Plants bulbose; bulb coat membranous.
Stems

usually not branching, stout, 2–5 dm.

usually branching, 1–6 dm.
Leaves

basal withering, 0.5–1 dm;

blade linear.

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear.
Inflorescences

subumbellate, 1–3-flowered;

bracts 3–5 cm.

subumbellate, 1–3-flowered;

bracts 2–8 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 with dark red proximal blotch surrounding gland and extending to base, lanceolate, 2–3 cm, apex recurved;

petals white or yellowish, often pink abaxially, with dark red blotch surrounding gland, often with small red spot immediately above gland, obovate to cuneate, 3–5 cm, with scattered hairs proximally;

glands suprabasal, ± square, not depressed, covered with short hairs;

filaments usually equaling anthers;

anthers linear-lanceolate to oblong.
Capsules

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

erect, linear, angled, 5–6 cm.
Seeds

flat, inflated.

light beige, flat, 5–6 mm.
2n

= 14.

= 14.

Calochortus macrocarpus

Calochortus simulans
Phenology Flowering late spring–mid summer.
Habitat Sand (often granitic), grasslands to pine forests
Elevation 0–1100 m [0–3600 ft]
Distribution
from USDA
w North America
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from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

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

Calochortus simulans is restricted to central San Luis Obispo County.

(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. 134.
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. monophyllus, C. nitidus, C. nudus, C. nuttallii, C. obispoensis, C. palmeri, C. panamintensis, C. persistens, C. plummerae, C. pulchellus, C. raichei, 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 Mariposa simulans
Name authority Douglas: Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 276, plate 8. (1828) (Hoover) Munz: Suppl. Calif. Fl., 174. (1968)
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