Calochortus tolmiei |
Calochortus nitidus |
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hairy star tulip, pussy ears, Tolmie star-tulip, Tolmie's cat's ear, Tolmie's mariposa-lily |
broad-fruit mariposa lily, broadfruit mariposa |
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Stems | ± slender, usually branching, 1–4 dm. |
not branching, straight, 2–4 dm, proximal internodes elongate; bulblets rare. |
Leaves | basal persistent, 1–4 dm; blade lanceolate, tapering at base, flat; cauline bractlike. |
basal usually persistent, 1–3 dm × 10–25 mm; blade flat, tapering toward both ends, becoming involute; cauline ca. halfway up stem. |
Inflorescences | ± umbellate, 1–several-flowered. |
subumbellate, 1–4-flowered; bracts 2 or more, narrowly lanceolate to linear, long-attenuate, unequal, 2–10 cm. |
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 open, campanulate; sepals ovate to lanceolate, shorter than petals, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals lavender, with deep purple adaxial crescent distal to gland, obovate, cuneate, ± ciliate laterally, sparingly covered with long, flexuous hairs distal to gland; glands ± triangular-lunate, slightly depressed, bordered proximally by narrow, deeply fringed membrane, covered with short, thick hairs, hairs and membrane fringe densely covered with long papillae; filaments longer than anthers; anthers oblong, 6–10 mm, apex obtuse. |
Capsules | nodding, winged, oblong, 2–3 cm. |
erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid to nearly globular. |
Seeds | deep purple, dark brown in age, irregular. |
light beige. |
2n | = 20. |
= 40. |
Calochortus tolmiei |
Calochortus nitidus |
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Phenology | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Open grassy slopes or in woods, often on poor, dry soil | Low meadows along creeks |
Elevation | 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) | 700–900 m (2300–3000 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA
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ID; OR; WA
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 124. | FNA vol. 26, p. 129. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 398. (1840) | Douglas: Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 277, plate 9A. (1828) |
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