Calochortus persistens |
Calochortus ambiguus |
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Siskiyou mariposa-lily |
doubting mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants often bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |
Stems | not branching, ca. 1 dm. |
usually branching, straight. |
Leaves | basal persistent, ca. 2 dm; blade lanceolate, tapering at base, flat. |
basal withering; blade linear-attenuate. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 2-flowered. |
subumbellate, 1–4-flowered. |
Flowers | erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals smaller than petals; petals pink to light purplish, obovate, 35–40 mm, adaxial surface hairy only distal to gland, margins yellow-ciliate; glands bordered proximally by wide, ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs; anthers lanceolate, apex apiculate. |
erect; perianth pinkish or bluish gray, infrequently with longitudinal gray stripe, open, campanulate; sepals invested near gland, with yellowish, distally enlarged or branching, gland-tipped hairs, base sometimes marked with dull purple, apex acuminate; petals with median blotch usually surrounded by yellow zone, ± equaling sepals, base sometimes marked with dull purple; glands round to lunate, depressed, surrounded with narrow, deeply fringed membrane, densely covered with short, distally branching hairs; filaments shorter than anthers; anthers oblong-lanceolate, apex obtuse to acute. |
Capsules | nodding, winged, ellipsoid, ca. 1 cm, apex acute. |
erect, linear-oblong, 3-angled, apex acute. |
Seeds | irregular. |
flat. |
2n | = 20. |
= 18. |
Calochortus persistens |
Calochortus ambiguus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering late spring–summer. |
Habitat | Open areas in rocky soils | Dry soils |
Elevation | 1000–1500 m (3300–4900 ft) | 1100–2700 m (3600–8900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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AZ; NM; UT
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Calochortus persistens is restricted to the Klamath and Cascade ranges in Siskiyou County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 131. | FNA vol. 26. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. watsonii var. ambiguus | |
Name authority | Ownbey: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 448, plate 38, figs. 1, 2. (1940) | (M. E. Jones) Ownbey: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 505. (1940) |
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