Calochortus uniflorus |
Calochortus lyallii |
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large-flower star-tulip, Monterey mariposa lily, pink star-tulip |
Lyall's mariposa-lily |
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Stems | usually not branching, shorter than 5(–10) cm, bearing bulblets near base. |
not branching or with branch in axil of cauline leaf, straight, 1–5 dm. |
Leaves | basal persistent, 1–4 dm; blade lanceolate, flat; cauline usually present. |
basal solitary, persistent, 1–3 dm × 2–20 mm, usually not exceeding inflorescence; blade tapering toward both ends. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2–4, linear, attenuate. |
subumbellate, 1–9-flowered; bracts 2–several, lanceolate to linear, attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm; peduncle slender, becoming stiffly erect in fruit. |
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 or spreading; perianth open, campanulate; sepals white or purplish-tinged, usually with purple crescent, lanceolate, usually equaling petals, often adaxially papillose, apex acuminate to attenuate; petals white or purplish-tinged, usually with median, red-purple, adaxial crescent distal to gland, ovate to lanceolate, abruptly contracted at base into short, conspicuous claw, usually conspicuously fringed with long, slender hairs, adaxial surface ± papillose, bearing a few long hairs distal to claw, apex acute to acuminate; glands transversely oblong, depressed, arched upward, bordered proximally by narrower, crenate membrane, with short, thick hairs toward distal margin of enclosed surface, both fringe of lower membrane and hairs densely long-papillose; filaments basally dilated, ± equaling anthers; anthers oblong-lanceolate, apex acute to short-apiculate. |
Capsules | nodding, narrowly 3-winged, 1–3 cm. |
erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, base and apex acute. |
Seeds | dark brown, irregular. |
irregular. |
2n | = 20, 40. |
= 20. |
Calochortus uniflorus |
Calochortus lyallii |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering late spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Moist meadows | Dry slopes, open coniferous forests |
Elevation | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) | 300–1500 m (1000–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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WA; BC
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 127. | FNA vol. 26, p. 130. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 398, plate 94. (1840) | Baker: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 305. (1874) |
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