Calochortus uniflorus |
Calochortus amabilis |
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large-flower star-tulip, Monterey mariposa lily, pink star-tulip |
Diogenes' lantern, golden fairy lantern |
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Stems | usually not branching, shorter than 5(–10) cm, bearing bulblets near base. |
usually branching distal to base, 1–5 dm, slightly glaucous. |
Leaves | basal persistent, 1–4 dm; blade lanceolate, flat; cauline usually present. |
basal persistent, 20–50 cm; blade linear, flat, slightly glaucous. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2–4, linear, attenuate. |
2–many-flowered. |
Flowers | erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals elliptic-lanceolate, 12–16 mm, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals ± white to pink, often with purple blotch distal to gland, broadly obovate, cuneate, 15–28 mm, adaxial surface glabrous or sparsely hairy, margins irregularly dentate distally; glands covered with ciliate membranes, bordered distally by short hairs; filaments longer than anthers; anthers oblong, apex obtuse or acute. |
nodding; perianth closed at apex, globular; sepals spreading, ovate to lanceolate, 1.5–2 cm; petals deep yellow, with brown abaxial blotch, widely lanceolate, 1.6–2 cm, densely ciliate throughout, adaxial surface glabrous or with a few hairs near gland; glands deeply depressed, bordered distally by band of hairs; filaments longer than anthers; anthers oblong, apex obtuse or acute. |
Capsules | nodding, narrowly 3-winged, 1–3 cm. |
nodding, winged, oblong, 2–3 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
Seeds | dark brown, irregular. |
dark brown, irregular. |
2n | = 20, 40. |
= 20. |
Calochortus uniflorus |
Calochortus amabilis |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Moist meadows | Shaded places in open woods or brush |
Elevation | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) | 100–1000 m (300–3300 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 127. | FNA vol. 26, p. 124. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 398, plate 94. (1840) | Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 119, plate 19, fig. 1. (1901) |
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