Calochortus umbellatus |
Calochortus plummerae |
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Oakland mariposa lily, Oakland star-tulip |
Plummer's mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | |
Stems | usually branching, 8–25 cm, not bearing bulblets. |
slender, usually branching, 3–6 dm. |
Leaves | basal persistent, 2–4 dm; blade lanceolate, flat; cauline usually present. |
basal withering; blade linear to lanceolate, 2–4 dm. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 3–12-flowered. |
2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
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, broadly campanulate; sepals lanceolate, 3–5 cm, glabrous or with a few hairs at base, apex long-tapering; petals pale pink to rose, drying purplish, broadly cuneate to obovate, 3–4 cm, glabrous distally or nearly so, rarely fringed, with conspicuous, long, yellow hairs in broad median band, margins dentate; glands round, slightly depressed, ± glabrous, bordered by ring of dense, obscuring, orange hairs; filaments 9–11 mm, ± equaling anthers; anthers lanceolate-linear, apex acute to somewhat short-tipped. |
Capsules | nodding, 3-winged, 1–2 cm. |
erect, linear, angled, 4–8 cm, apex acute. |
Seeds | dark brown, irregular. |
light beige. |
2n | = 20. |
= 18. |
Calochortus umbellatus |
Calochortus plummerae |
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Phenology | Flowering early spring–early summer. | Flowering late spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Openings in chaparral or woods, often on serpentine | Dry rocky slopes, often in brush, chaparral, pine forest |
Elevation | 100–700 m (300–2300 ft) | 0–1700 m (0–5600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 127. | FNA vol. 26, p. 140. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 168. (1868) | Greene: Pittonia 2: 70. (1890) |
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