Calochortus minimus |
Calochortus venustus |
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Sierra mariposa, Sierra mariposa lily |
butterfly mariposa lily, square mariposa tulip |
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Habit | Plants bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |
Stems | not branching, less than 1 dm. |
usually branching, 1–6 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, 1–6(–10)-flowered; bracts 2–8 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, 3–5 cm, apex recurved; petals white to brightly or deeply yellow, purple, or dark red, with dark red median blotch, often with second paler distal blotch, obovate or cuneate to clawed, rounded, 3–5 cm, with scattered proximal hairs, apex retuse to obtuse; glands in lower middle of petal, ± square, sometimes ovate, not depressed, covered with short, orange to red-purple hairs; filaments usually equaling anthers; anthers linear-lanceolate to oblong. |
Capsules | nodding, 3-winged, ellipsoid, 1–2 cm. |
erect, linear, angled, 5–6 cm. |
Seeds | irregular. |
light beige, ± flat, 4–6 mm. |
2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
Calochortus minimus |
Calochortus venustus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Moist grassy areas in open woods, along lake margins | Light sandy soil, often in decomposed granite in valley grassland, foothill woodland, and pine forest |
Elevation | 1200–3000 m (3900–9800 ft) | 300–2700 m (1000–8900 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.) |
Flower color and pattern are very showy and exceedingly variable in Calochortus venustus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 128. | FNA vol. 26, p. 134. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Mariposa venusta | |
Name authority | Ownbey: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 430. (1940) | Douglas ex Bentham: Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. 2, 1: 412, plate 15, fig. 3. (1835) |
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