Calochortus uniflorus |
Calochortus elegans |
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large-flower star-tulip, Monterey mariposa lily, pink star-tulip |
cat's ear, elegant cat's ear, elegant mariposa lily, elegant sego lily, elegant star tulip, northwestern mariposa lily |
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Stems | usually not branching, shorter than 5(–10) cm, bearing bulblets near base. |
± slender, usually not branching, often scapelike, 0.5–2 dm. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–4 dm; blade lanceolate, flat; cauline usually present. |
basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat, glabrous adaxially. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2–4, linear, attenuate. |
1–7-flowered. |
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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 to spreading; perianth open, campanulate; sepals oblong-lanceolate, 12–16 mm, usually glabrous, adaxial surface minutely papillose; petals light green to white, usually with purple crescent distal to gland, ± oblanceolate or broader, 10–15 mm, adaxial surface hairy only distal to gland, margins conspicuously ciliate; glands lunate, usually slightly depressed, bordered proximally by ± ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs; anthers lanceolate, apex apiculate. |
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Capsules | nodding, narrowly 3-winged, 1–3 cm. |
nodding, winged, ellipsoid-globular, 1–2 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
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Seeds | dark brown, irregular. |
light brown, irregular. |
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2n | = 20, 40. |
= 20. |
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Calochortus uniflorus |
Calochortus elegans |
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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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nw United States
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Discussion | Varieties 3 (3 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. 125. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 398, plate 94. (1840) | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240. (1814) | ||||||||
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