Calochortus umpquaensis |
Calochortus elegans |
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Umpqua mariposa-lily |
cat's ear, elegant cat's ear, elegant mariposa lily, elegant sego lily, elegant star tulip, northwestern mariposa lily |
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Stems | not branching, straight, often scapelike, 2–3 dm, glabrous or glaucous. |
± slender, usually not branching, often scapelike, 0.5–2 dm. |
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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 persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat, glabrous adaxially. |
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Inflorescences | 1–7-flowered. |
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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 to spreading; perianth open, campanulate; sepals oblong-lanceolate, 12–16 mm, usually glabrous, adaxial surface minutely papillose; petals light green to white, usually with purple crescent distal to gland, ± oblanceolate or broader, 10–15 mm, adaxial surface hairy only distal to gland, margins conspicuously ciliate; glands lunate, usually slightly depressed, bordered proximally by ± ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs; anthers lanceolate, apex apiculate. |
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Capsules | nodding, 3–5.4 cm. |
nodding, winged, ellipsoid-globular, 1–2 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
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Seeds | 2.8–3.5 mm, with inflated bulbous crest and hollow lateral ridge. |
light brown, irregular. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 20. |
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Calochortus umpquaensis |
Calochortus elegans |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Grassland-forest ecotones in serpentine-derived soils | |||||||||
Elevation | 300–500 m (1000–1600 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
OR
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nw United States
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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.) |
Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 130. | FNA vol. 26, p. 125. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | Fredricks: Syst. Bot. 14: 12, figs. 1, 2, 3f–j, 4, 5. (1989) | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240. (1814) | ||||||||
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