Calochortus plummerae |
Calochortus raichei |
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Plummer's mariposa-lily |
cedars fairy lantern, cedars mariposa lily, The Cedars fairy-lantern |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | |
Stems | slender, usually branching, 3–6 dm. |
usually not branching distal to base, 1–10 dm, conspicuously glaucous. |
Leaves | basal withering; blade linear to lanceolate, 2–4 dm. |
basal 3–4 dm; blade linear, attenuate, channeled, conspicuously glaucous. |
Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
1–2-flowered; bracts paired, opposite. |
Flowers | erect; perianth open, broadly campanulate; sepals lanceolate, 3–5 cm, glabrous or with a few hairs at base, apex long-tapering; petals pale pink to rose, drying purplish, broadly cuneate to obovate, 3–4 cm, glabrous distally or nearly so, rarely fringed, with conspicuous, long, yellow hairs in broad median band, margins dentate; glands round, slightly depressed, ± glabrous, bordered by ring of dense, obscuring, orange hairs; filaments 9–11 mm, ± equaling anthers; anthers lanceolate-linear, apex acute to somewhat short-tipped. |
nodding; perianth ± closed at apex, ± oblong; sepals appressed to petals, grayish mauve to pale green, broadly lanceolate, 1–2.5 cm, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals pale yellow, obovate, 2–4.5 cm, adaxial surface moderately hairy from gland to apex, margins moderately ciliate to apex, apex acuminate to acute; glands depressed, with long, thin, distal hairs; filaments 7–9 mm; anthers ± oblong, 6 mm, apex obtuse. |
Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–8 cm, apex acute. |
nodding, ridged, not winged, oblong, 2–4 cm, apex acute. |
Seeds | light beige. |
dark brown, irregular. |
2n | = 18. |
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Calochortus plummerae |
Calochortus raichei |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Dry rocky slopes, often in brush, chaparral, pine forest | Exposed serpentine soil in open woodlands |
Elevation | 0–1700 m (0–5600 ft) | less than 300 m (less than 1000 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Calochortus raichei is known only from the headwaters area of Big Austin Creek, Sonoma County. It is threatened by mining activities. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 140. | FNA vol. 26, p. 124. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Greene: Pittonia 2: 70. (1890) | Farwig & V. Girard: Herbertia 43(1): 3, figs. 1, 2. (1987) |
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