Calochortus uniflorus |
Calochortus clavatus |
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large-flower star-tulip, Monterey mariposa lily, pink star-tulip |
club hair mariposa, clubhair mariposa lily, slender mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |||||||||||||||||
Stems | usually not branching, shorter than 5(–10) cm, bearing bulblets near base. |
slender or coarse, stout, branching or not, strongly flexuous, 3–10 dm. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–4 dm; blade lanceolate, flat; cauline usually present. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2–4, linear, attenuate. |
subumbellate, 1–6-flowered; bracts 4–8 cm, bases dilated. |
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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. |
erect; perianth open, cup-shaped; sepals usually with red-brown blotch at base, lanceolate-ovate, 2–4 cm, apex acute; petals lemon to golden yellow, with transverse line distal to gland, broadly cuneate to obovate, 3–5 cm; glands round, deeply depressed, densely covered with short hairs with branching, coralline tips, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane and club-shaped hairs; filaments ca. 10 mm; anthers purplish brown, oblong, 4–10 mm. |
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Capsules | nodding, narrowly 3-winged, 1–3 cm. |
erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 6–9 cm, apex acuminate. |
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Seeds | dark brown, irregular. |
light yellow, translucent, flat. |
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2n | = 20, 40. |
= 16. |
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Calochortus uniflorus |
Calochortus clavatus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Moist meadows | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA
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Discussion | Varieties 5 (5 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. 127. | FNA vol. 26, p. 138. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa clavata | |||||||||||||||||
Name authority | Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 398, plate 94. (1840) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 265. (1879) | ||||||||||||||||
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