Calochortus macrocarpus |
Calochortus westonii |
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green-banded star-tulip, sagebrush mariposa-lily |
mariposa-lily, Shirley Meadows mariposa lily, Shirley Meadows star-tulip |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |||||
Stems | usually not branching, stout, 2–5 dm. |
slender and delicate, not branching, 3–15 cm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 0.5–1 dm; blade linear. |
basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–3-flowered; bracts 3–5 cm. |
1–12-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. |
erect to spreading; perianth open, campanulate; sepals ca. 10 mm; petals white to light blue, lanceolate, 8–12 mm, ciliate only on margins, adaxial surface hairy only distal to gland, apex acute; glands slightly depressed, bordered proximally by ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs; anther apex acute to acuminate. |
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Capsules | erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acuminate. |
nodding, angled, 1–2 cm, apex acute. |
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Seeds | flat, inflated. |
irregular. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Calochortus macrocarpus |
Calochortus westonii |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring. | |||||
Habitat | Open places in woods, meadows | |||||
Elevation | 1500–2000 m (4900–6600 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 westonii is known from the Greenhorn Mountains, Kern and Tulare counties. (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. 125. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa macrocarpa | C. coeruleus var. westonii | ||||
Name authority | Douglas: Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 276, plate 8. (1828) | Eastwood: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 20: 136. (1931) | ||||
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