Calochortus palmeri |
Calochortus catalinae |
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Palmer's mariposa lily, strangling mariposa |
Catalina mariposa, Catalina mariposa-lily, Santa Catalina mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | ||||
Stems | usually branching, straight, 3–6 dm; bearing bulblets or not. |
usually branching distally, ± flexuous, 2–6 dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear-attenuate. |
basal withering, 1–3 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | mono-chasiate, 1–4-flowered; bracts 1–2 cm. |
1–few-flowered; bracts opposite pedicel, 2–10 cm. |
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Flowers | 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. |
erect; perianth open, broadly campanulate; sepals with purple blotch near base, lanceolate, 2–3 cm, apex acuminate; petals white tinged with lilac, with purple blotch near base, usually obovate, ± concave, 2–5 cm, glabrous except few hairs near base, apex obtuse; glands oblong, not depressed, densely hairy, hairs branching; filaments 8–10 mm; anthers lilac, oblong, 4–5 mm. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled in cross section, ca. 5 cm. |
erect, narrow-oblong, rounded in cross section, 2–5 cm, apex obtuse. |
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Seeds | light yellow, translucent, flat. |
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2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
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Calochortus palmeri |
Calochortus catalinae |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–early summer. | |||||
Habitat | Heavy soil, open grassy slopes, openings in brush | |||||
Elevation | less than 700 m (less than 2300 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA
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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.) |
Calochortus catalinae is increasingly threatened by habitat loss. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 133. | FNA vol. 26, p. 131. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa catalinae | |||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 266. (1879) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 268. (1879) | ||||
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