Calochortus palmeri |
Calochortus clavatus |
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Palmer's mariposa lily, strangling mariposa |
club hair mariposa, clubhair mariposa lily, slender mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stems | usually branching, straight, 3–6 dm; bearing bulblets or not. |
slender or coarse, stout, branching or not, strongly flexuous, 3–10 dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear-attenuate. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | mono-chasiate, 1–4-flowered; bracts 1–2 cm. |
subumbellate, 1–6-flowered; bracts 4–8 cm, bases dilated. |
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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, cup-shaped; sepals usually with red-brown blotch at base, lanceolate-ovate, 2–4 cm, apex acute; petals lemon to golden yellow, with transverse line distal to gland, broadly cuneate to obovate, 3–5 cm; glands round, deeply depressed, densely covered with short hairs with branching, coralline tips, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane and club-shaped hairs; filaments ca. 10 mm; anthers purplish brown, oblong, 4–10 mm. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled in cross section, ca. 5 cm. |
erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 6–9 cm, apex acuminate. |
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Seeds | light yellow, translucent, flat. |
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2n | = 14. |
= 16. |
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Calochortus palmeri |
Calochortus clavatus |
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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.) |
Varieties 5 (5 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. 133. | FNA vol. 26, p. 138. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa clavata | |||||||||||||||||||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 266. (1879) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 265. (1879) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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