Calochortus umpquaensis |
Calochortus catalinae |
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Umpqua mariposa-lily |
Catalina mariposa, Catalina mariposa-lily, Santa Catalina mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |
Stems | not branching, straight, often scapelike, 2–3 dm, glabrous or glaucous. |
usually branching distally, ± flexuous, 2–6 dm. |
Leaves | basal solitary, clasping; blade narrowly lanceolate, hairy, adaxially hispid, abaxially glabrous, sometimes glaucous. Inflorescences 1–several-flowered; bracts 2, suboppo-site, narrowly lanceolate. |
basal withering, 1–3 dm; blade linear. |
Inflorescences | 1–few-flowered; bracts opposite pedicel, 2–10 cm. |
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Flowers | erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals lanceolate-acuminate, ca. 2 cm; petals white to cream, with dark purple-black, pentagonal to lunate blotch, broadly oblong to obovate, 3.5 cm, bearded, adaxial surface typically minutely papillose, margins erose; glands transversely oblong-lunate, slightly depressed, with 0.7–1.4 mm-wide band of short dendritic hairs distally, hairs surrounded by lime-green coloration and purple striations; anthers lanceolate, apex acuminate. |
erect; perianth open, broadly campanulate; sepals with purple blotch near base, lanceolate, 2–3 cm, apex acuminate; petals white tinged with lilac, with purple blotch near base, usually obovate, ± concave, 2–5 cm, glabrous except few hairs near base, apex obtuse; glands oblong, not depressed, densely hairy, hairs branching; filaments 8–10 mm; anthers lilac, oblong, 4–5 mm. |
Capsules | nodding, 3–5.4 cm. |
erect, narrow-oblong, rounded in cross section, 2–5 cm, apex obtuse. |
Seeds | 2.8–3.5 mm, with inflated bulbous crest and hollow lateral ridge. |
light yellow, translucent, flat. |
2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
Calochortus umpquaensis |
Calochortus catalinae |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering spring–early summer. |
Habitat | Grassland-forest ecotones in serpentine-derived soils | Heavy soil, open grassy slopes, openings in brush |
Elevation | 300–500 m (1000–1600 ft) | less than 700 m (less than 2300 ft) |
Distribution |
OR
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CA
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Calochortus umpquaensis is known only from Watson and Ace Williams mountains on both sides of the Little River, Douglas County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Calochortus catalinae is increasingly threatened by habitat loss. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 130. | FNA vol. 26, p. 131. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Mariposa catalinae | |
Name authority | Fredricks: Syst. Bot. 14: 12, figs. 1, 2, 3f–j, 4, 5. (1989) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 268. (1879) |
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