Calochortus umpquaensis |
Calochortus raichei |
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Umpqua mariposa-lily |
cedars fairy lantern, cedars mariposa lily, The Cedars fairy-lantern |
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Stems | not branching, straight, often scapelike, 2–3 dm, glabrous or glaucous. |
usually not branching distal to base, 1–10 dm, conspicuously glaucous. |
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 3–4 dm; blade linear, attenuate, channeled, conspicuously glaucous. |
Inflorescences | 1–2-flowered; bracts paired, opposite. |
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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. |
nodding; perianth ± closed at apex, ± oblong; sepals appressed to petals, grayish mauve to pale green, broadly lanceolate, 1–2.5 cm, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals pale yellow, obovate, 2–4.5 cm, adaxial surface moderately hairy from gland to apex, margins moderately ciliate to apex, apex acuminate to acute; glands depressed, with long, thin, distal hairs; filaments 7–9 mm; anthers ± oblong, 6 mm, apex obtuse. |
Capsules | nodding, 3–5.4 cm. |
nodding, ridged, not winged, oblong, 2–4 cm, apex acute. |
Seeds | 2.8–3.5 mm, with inflated bulbous crest and hollow lateral ridge. |
dark brown, irregular. |
2n | = 20. |
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Calochortus umpquaensis |
Calochortus raichei |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Grassland-forest ecotones in serpentine-derived soils | Exposed serpentine soil in open woodlands |
Elevation | 300–500 m (1000–1600 ft) | less than 300 m (less than 1000 ft) |
Distribution |
OR
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CA |
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.) |
Of conservation concern. Calochortus raichei is known only from the headwaters area of Big Austin Creek, Sonoma County. It is threatened by mining activities. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 130. | FNA vol. 26, p. 124. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Fredricks: Syst. Bot. 14: 12, figs. 1, 2, 3f–j, 4, 5. (1989) | Farwig & V. Girard: Herbertia 43(1): 3, figs. 1, 2. (1987) |
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