Calochortus tolmiei |
Calochortus palmeri |
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hairy star tulip, pussy ears, Tolmie star-tulip, Tolmie's cat's ear, Tolmie's mariposa-lily |
Palmer's mariposa lily, strangling mariposa |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |||||
Stems | ± slender, usually branching, 1–4 dm. |
usually branching, straight, 3–6 dm; bearing bulblets or not. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–4 dm; blade lanceolate, tapering at base, flat; cauline bractlike. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear-attenuate. |
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Inflorescences | ± umbellate, 1–several-flowered. |
mono-chasiate, 1–4-flowered; bracts 1–2 cm. |
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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, broadly campanulate; sepals usually with brownish blotch near base, lanceolate, 3 cm, apex acuminate; petals white to lavender, sometimes with brownish blotch distal to gland, obovate-cuneate, rounded distally, 2–3 cm, usually with yellow hairs near gland, apex acute to acuminate; glands many, rounded, not depressed, short, thick, distally knobbed, sometimes with yellowish or purplish hairs, otherwise glabrous; filaments 7–8 mm; anthers white, oblong, 5–7 mm, apex acute. |
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Capsules | nodding, winged, oblong, 2–3 cm. |
erect, linear, angled in cross section, ca. 5 cm. |
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Seeds | deep purple, dark brown in age, irregular. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
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Calochortus tolmiei |
Calochortus palmeri |
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Phenology | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. | |||||
Habitat | Open grassy slopes or in woods, often on poor, dry soil | |||||
Elevation | 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA
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CA
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 124. | FNA vol. 26, p. 133. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||
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Name authority | Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 398. (1840) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 266. (1879) | ||||
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