Calochortus uniflorus |
Calochortus kennedyi |
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large-flower star-tulip, Monterey mariposa lily, pink star-tulip |
desert mariposa, desert 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. |
usually not branching but sometimes twisted, 1–2(–5) dm. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–4 dm; blade lanceolate, flat; cauline usually present. |
blade linear-attenuate; basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade channeled, glaucous. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2–4, linear, attenuate. |
subumbellate, 1–6-flowered; bracts 2–4 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, campanulate, each member often with brown-purple blotch near base; sepals ovate, 2–3 cm, apex acute; petals orange to red or ± yellow, cuneate to obovate, 3–5 cm, with a few slightly enlarged hairs near gland; glands round, depressed, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with unbranched or cleft hairs; filaments 4–5 mm; anthers purplish, lanceolate, 5–8 mm. |
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Capsules | nodding, narrowly 3-winged, 1–3 cm. |
erect, longitudinally striped, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 4–6 cm, apex acuminate. |
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Seeds | dark brown, irregular. |
flat. |
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2n | = 20, 40. |
=16. |
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Calochortus uniflorus |
Calochortus kennedyi |
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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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sw United States; nw Mexico
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 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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Name authority | Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 398, plate 94. (1840) | Porter: Bot. Gaz. 2: 79. (1877) | ||||
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