Calochortus minimus |
Calochortus invenustus |
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Sierra mariposa, Sierra mariposa lily |
plain mariposa, plain mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |
Stems | not branching, less than 1 dm. |
slender, usually not branching or twisted, 2–5 dm. |
Leaves | basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat; cauline usually absent. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
Inflorescences | 1–10-flowered. |
subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2–5 cm. |
Flowers | ± erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals lanceolate, 8–10 mm, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals white, obovate, 10–14 mm, not ciliate, adaxial surface glabrous or sometimes with few hairs near gland; glands bordered proximally by ± ciliate membrane; filaments equaling anthers; anthers linear-oblong, apex acute. |
erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 cm, apex acuminate; petals white or dull lavender to purplish, with longitudinal median green stripe on adaxial surface and sometimes purplish blotch proximal to gland, cuneate to obovate, 2–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland, apex obtuse to apiculate; glands ± round, slightly depressed, small, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with short, distally branching hairs; filaments 6–7 mm; anthers purplish or yellowish, oblong, 7–8 mm, apex obtuse. |
Capsules | nodding, 3-winged, ellipsoid, 1–2 cm. |
erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 5–7 cm, apex acute. |
Seeds | irregular. |
flat. |
2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
Calochortus minimus |
Calochortus invenustus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering late spring–late summer. |
Habitat | Moist grassy areas in open woods, along lake margins | Dry soil, usually granitic, usually in montane coniferous forests |
Elevation | 1200–3000 m (3900–9800 ft) | 1500–3000 m (4900–9800 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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Discussion | Derivatives of hybridization between Calochortus minimus and C. nudus (pink- to lavender-tinged petals with rounded tips) occur in the northern high Sierra Nevada (B. D. Ness et al. 1990). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 128. | FNA vol. 26, p. 137. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Ownbey: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 430. (1940) | Greene: Pittonia 2: 71. (1890) |
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