Calochortus tolmiei |
Calochortus flexuosus |
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hairy star tulip, pussy ears, Tolmie star-tulip, Tolmie's cat's ear, Tolmie's mariposa-lily |
winding mariposa, winding mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants rarely bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |
Stems | ± slender, usually branching, 1–4 dm. |
twining or straggling over ground, branching, 1–2 dm, usually sinuous. |
Leaves | basal persistent, 1–4 dm; blade lanceolate, tapering at base, flat; cauline bractlike. |
basal, withering; blade linear, attenuate. |
Inflorescences | ± umbellate, 1–several-flowered. |
1–4-flowered; bracts 1–3 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, each member with transverse yellow band; sepals lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 cm; petals white with lilac tinge, darker veined, especially distally, sometimes with purple blotch distal to gland, obovate to cuneate, 3–4 cm, with sparse or dense, short or long hairs near gland, apex rounded; glands transverse-lunate or wider, densely short-hairy; filaments 6–10 mm; anthers oblong, 5–7 mm, apex obtuse or acute. |
Capsules | nodding, winged, oblong, 2–3 cm. |
erect, lanceoloid, angled, stout, 3–4 cm. |
Seeds | deep purple, dark brown in age, irregular. |
light beige, flat. |
2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
Calochortus tolmiei |
Calochortus flexuosus |
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Phenology | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Open grassy slopes or in woods, often on poor, dry soil | Dry stony slopes, desert hills, mesas, creosote bush scrub, sagebrush scrub |
Elevation | 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) | 500–2000 m (1600–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA
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AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; UT
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 124. | FNA vol. 26, p. 131. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 398. (1840) | S. Watson: Amer. Naturalist 7: 303. (1873) |
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