Calochortus tolmiei |
Calochortus ambiguus |
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hairy star tulip, pussy ears, Tolmie star-tulip, Tolmie's cat's ear, Tolmie's mariposa-lily |
doubting mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants often bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |
Stems | ± slender, usually branching, 1–4 dm. |
usually branching, straight. |
Leaves | basal persistent, 1–4 dm; blade lanceolate, tapering at base, flat; cauline bractlike. |
basal withering; blade linear-attenuate. |
Inflorescences | ± umbellate, 1–several-flowered. |
subumbellate, 1–4-flowered. |
Flowers | erect or spreading; perianth open, campanulate; sepals 10–15 mm; petals white to pinkish or purplish, obovate, 12–25 mm, adaxial surface densely hairy, margins ciliate; glands bordered proximally by ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs; anthers lanceolate, apex acute to 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, oblong, 2–3 cm. |
erect, linear-oblong, 3-angled, apex acute. |
Seeds | deep purple, dark brown in age, irregular. |
flat. |
2n | = 20. |
= 18. |
Calochortus tolmiei |
Calochortus ambiguus |
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Phenology | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. | Flowering late spring–summer. |
Habitat | Open grassy slopes or in woods, often on poor, dry soil | Dry soils |
Elevation | 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) | 1100–2700 m (3600–8900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA
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AZ; NM; UT
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 124. | FNA vol. 26. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. watsonii var. ambiguus | |
Name authority | Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 398. (1840) | (M. E. Jones) Ownbey: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 505. (1940) |
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