Calochortus umpquaensis |
Calochortus simulans |
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Umpqua mariposa-lily |
La Panza mariposa lily, San Luis obispo mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |
Stems | not branching, straight, often scapelike, 2–3 dm, glabrous or glaucous. |
usually branching, 1–6 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, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–3-flowered; bracts 2–8 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, campanulate; sepals with dark red proximal blotch surrounding gland and extending to base, lanceolate, 2–3 cm, apex recurved; petals white or yellowish, often pink abaxially, with dark red blotch surrounding gland, often with small red spot immediately above gland, obovate to cuneate, 3–5 cm, with scattered hairs proximally; glands suprabasal, ± square, not depressed, covered with short hairs; filaments usually equaling anthers; anthers linear-lanceolate to oblong. |
Capsules | nodding, 3–5.4 cm. |
erect, linear, angled, 5–6 cm. |
Seeds | 2.8–3.5 mm, with inflated bulbous crest and hollow lateral ridge. |
light beige, flat, 5–6 mm. |
2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
Calochortus umpquaensis |
Calochortus simulans |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering late spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Grassland-forest ecotones in serpentine-derived soils | Sand (often granitic), grasslands to pine forests |
Elevation | 300–500 m (1000–1600 ft) | 0–1100 m (0–3600 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.) |
Calochortus simulans is restricted to central San Luis Obispo County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 130. | FNA vol. 26, p. 134. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Mariposa simulans | |
Name authority | Fredricks: Syst. Bot. 14: 12, figs. 1, 2, 3f–j, 4, 5. (1989) | (Hoover) Munz: Suppl. Calif. Fl., 174. (1968) |
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