Calochortus tolmiei |
Calochortus venustus |
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hairy star tulip, pussy ears, Tolmie star-tulip, Tolmie's cat's ear, Tolmie's mariposa-lily |
butterfly mariposa lily, square mariposa tulip |
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Habit | Plants bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |
Stems | ± slender, usually branching, 1–4 dm. |
usually branching, 1–6 dm. |
Leaves | basal persistent, 1–4 dm; blade lanceolate, tapering at base, flat; cauline bractlike. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
Inflorescences | ± umbellate, 1–several-flowered. |
subumbellate, 1–6(–10)-flowered; bracts 2–8 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 lanceolate, 3–5 cm, apex recurved; petals white to brightly or deeply yellow, purple, or dark red, with dark red median blotch, often with second paler distal blotch, obovate or cuneate to clawed, rounded, 3–5 cm, with scattered proximal hairs, apex retuse to obtuse; glands in lower middle of petal, ± square, sometimes ovate, not depressed, covered with short, orange to red-purple hairs; filaments usually equaling anthers; anthers linear-lanceolate to oblong. |
Capsules | nodding, winged, oblong, 2–3 cm. |
erect, linear, angled, 5–6 cm. |
Seeds | deep purple, dark brown in age, irregular. |
light beige, ± flat, 4–6 mm. |
2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
Calochortus tolmiei |
Calochortus venustus |
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Phenology | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Open grassy slopes or in woods, often on poor, dry soil | Light sandy soil, often in decomposed granite in valley grassland, foothill woodland, and pine forest |
Elevation | 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) | 300–2700 m (1000–8900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA
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CA
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Discussion | Flower color and pattern are very showy and exceedingly variable in Calochortus venustus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 124. | FNA vol. 26, p. 134. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Mariposa venusta | |
Name authority | Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 398. (1840) | Douglas ex Bentham: Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. 2, 1: 412, plate 15, fig. 3. (1835) |
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