Calochortus umbellatus |
Calochortus monanthus |
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Oakland mariposa lily, Oakland star-tulip |
Shasta River mariposa lily, single-flower mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |
Stems | usually branching, 8–25 cm, not bearing bulblets. |
not branching, straight. |
Leaves | basal persistent, 2–4 dm; blade lanceolate, flat; cauline usually present. |
basal withering; blade linear-attenuate. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 3–12-flowered. |
1-flowered, long-peduncled; bracts opposite. |
Flowers | ± erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals 10–14 mm; petals white to pale pink, usually with purple blotch near gland, widely obovate to cuneate, 12–18 mm, adaxial surface not ciliate, ± glabrous, margins irregularly dentate distally; glands basally convex, covered by broad, ciliate membrane, bordered distally by short hairs; filaments longer than anthers; anthers oblong, apex acute or obtuse. |
erect; perianth open, turbinate to campanulate; sepals lanceolate, attenuate, ca. 4 cm; petals pinkish, with chevron-shaped, dark red blotch distal to gland, obovate, cuneate, rounded, ca. 5 cm, with few flexible hairs near gland, margins irregularly dentate distally; glands oblong, not depressed, densely covered with slender, unbranched hairs; filaments lanceolate-linear, shorter than anthers; anthers short-tipped. |
Capsules | nodding, 3-winged, 1–2 cm. |
erect, linear, angled. |
Seeds | dark brown, irregular. |
unknown. |
2n | = 20. |
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Calochortus umbellatus |
Calochortus monanthus |
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Phenology | Flowering early spring–early summer. | Flowering late spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Openings in chaparral or woods, often on serpentine | Vernal meadows |
Elevation | 100–700 m (300–2300 ft) | 800 m (2600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA |
Discussion | Calochortus umbellatus grows around San Francisco Bay. It is reported also from Lake County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Calochortus monanthus is known only from a single collection from meadow along the Shasta River, near Yreka, Siskiyou County, by E. L. Greene in June, 1876. It is presumed extinct. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 127. | FNA vol. 26, p. 133. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 168. (1868) | Ownbey: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 465, plate 39, figs. 3, 4. (1940) |
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