Calochortus minimus |
Calochortus palmeri |
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Sierra mariposa, Sierra mariposa lily |
Palmer's mariposa lily, strangling mariposa |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |||||
Stems | not branching, less than 1 dm. |
usually branching, straight, 3–6 dm; bearing bulblets or not. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat; cauline usually absent. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear-attenuate. |
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Inflorescences | 1–10-flowered. |
mono-chasiate, 1–4-flowered; bracts 1–2 cm. |
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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, broadly campanulate; sepals usually with brownish blotch near base, lanceolate, 3 cm, apex acuminate; petals white to lavender, sometimes with brownish blotch distal to gland, obovate-cuneate, rounded distally, 2–3 cm, usually with yellow hairs near gland, apex acute to acuminate; glands many, rounded, not depressed, short, thick, distally knobbed, sometimes with yellowish or purplish hairs, otherwise glabrous; filaments 7–8 mm; anthers white, oblong, 5–7 mm, apex acute. |
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Capsules | nodding, 3-winged, ellipsoid, 1–2 cm. |
erect, linear, angled in cross section, ca. 5 cm. |
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Seeds | irregular. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
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Calochortus minimus |
Calochortus palmeri |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||
Habitat | Moist grassy areas in open woods, along lake margins | |||||
Elevation | 1200–3000 m (3900–9800 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.) |
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 128. | FNA vol. 26, p. 133. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||
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Name authority | Ownbey: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 430. (1940) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 266. (1879) | ||||
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