Calochortus splendens |
Calochortus lyallii |
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splendid mariposa, splendid mariposa lily |
Lyall's mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants rarely bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |
Stems | branching, ± straight, 2–6 dm. |
not branching or with branch in axil of cauline leaf, straight, 1–5 dm. |
Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear, attenuate. |
basal solitary, persistent, 1–3 dm × 2–20 mm, usually not exceeding inflorescence; blade tapering toward both ends. |
Inflorescences | monochasiate, 1–4-flowered; bracts 2–5 cm. |
subumbellate, 1–9-flowered; bracts 2–several, lanceolate to linear, attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm; peduncle slender, becoming stiffly erect in fruit. |
Flowers | erect; perianth open, campanulate, narrow at base; sepals deep lilac, often with purple blotch, lanceolate-ovate to acuminate, 2–3 cm; petals lavender to deep purple, usually with purple blotch at base, obovate to cuneate, rounded, 3–5 cm, with scattered, white and/or purple hairs proximal to middle, sometimes with yellow hairs distal to gland, margins dentate distally; glands ± square, not depressed, usually with many branching hairs; filaments 7–8 mm; anthers purple or white, 5–7 mm, apex obtuse to abruptly pointed. |
erect or spreading; perianth open, campanulate; sepals white or purplish-tinged, usually with purple crescent, lanceolate, usually equaling petals, often adaxially papillose, apex acuminate to attenuate; petals white or purplish-tinged, usually with median, red-purple, adaxial crescent distal to gland, ovate to lanceolate, abruptly contracted at base into short, conspicuous claw, usually conspicuously fringed with long, slender hairs, adaxial surface ± papillose, bearing a few long hairs distal to claw, apex acute to acuminate; glands transversely oblong, depressed, arched upward, bordered proximally by narrower, crenate membrane, with short, thick hairs toward distal margin of enclosed surface, both fringe of lower membrane and hairs densely long-papillose; filaments basally dilated, ± equaling anthers; anthers oblong-lanceolate, apex acute to short-apiculate. |
Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 5–7 cm. |
erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, base and apex acute. |
Seeds | light-colored, flat. |
irregular. |
2n | = 14. |
= 20. |
Calochortus splendens |
Calochortus lyallii |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering late spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Dry slopes in heavy or granitic soil in chaparral, valley grassland, pine forest | Dry slopes, open coniferous forests |
Elevation | less than 2800 m (less than 9200 ft) | 300–1500 m (1000–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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WA; BC
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 133. | FNA vol. 26, p. 130. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. davidsonianus, Mariposa splendens | |
Name authority | Douglas ex Bentham: Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. 2, 1: 411, plate 15, fig.1. (1835) | Baker: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 305. (1874) |
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