Calochortus umpquaensis |
Calochortus striatus |
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Umpqua mariposa-lily |
alkali mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants not bulbose. | |
Stems | not branching, straight, often scapelike, 2–3 dm, glabrous or glaucous. |
1–5 cm. |
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, 1–5-flowered; bracts linear, 1–3 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, narrow at base; sepals lanceolate, 1–2 cm, apex acuminate; petals white to lavender, with conspicuous purple striping, obovate to cuneate, rounded, 2–3 cm, sparsely hairy around gland, margins irregularly dentate distally; glands oblong, not depressed, covered with linear hairs; filaments 5–7 mm; anthers oblong, 4–6 mm. |
Capsules | nodding, 3–5.4 cm. |
erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm. |
Seeds | 2.8–3.5 mm, with inflated bulbous crest and hollow lateral ridge. |
light-colored, flat. |
2n | = 20. |
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Calochortus umpquaensis |
Calochortus striatus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering mid spring–early summer. |
Habitat | Grassland-forest ecotones in serpentine-derived soils | Alkaline meadows, springy places in creosote bush scrub |
Elevation | 300–500 m (1000–1600 ft) | 300–1400 m (1000–4600 ft) |
Distribution |
OR
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CA; NV
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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.) |
Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 130. | FNA vol. 26, p. 133. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Fredricks: Syst. Bot. 14: 12, figs. 1, 2, 3f–j, 4, 5. (1989) | Parish: Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 122. (1902) |
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