Calochortus uniflorus |
Calochortus monanthus |
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large-flower star-tulip, Monterey mariposa lily, pink star-tulip |
Shasta River mariposa lily, single-flower mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |
Stems | usually not branching, shorter than 5(–10) cm, bearing bulblets near base. |
not branching, straight. |
Leaves | basal persistent, 1–4 dm; blade lanceolate, flat; cauline usually present. |
basal withering; blade linear-attenuate. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2–4, linear, attenuate. |
1-flowered, long-peduncled; bracts opposite. |
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, turbinate to campanulate; sepals lanceolate, attenuate, ca. 4 cm; petals pinkish, with chevron-shaped, dark red blotch distal to gland, obovate, cuneate, rounded, ca. 5 cm, with few flexible hairs near gland, margins irregularly dentate distally; glands oblong, not depressed, densely covered with slender, unbranched hairs; filaments lanceolate-linear, shorter than anthers; anthers short-tipped. |
Capsules | nodding, narrowly 3-winged, 1–3 cm. |
erect, linear, angled. |
Seeds | dark brown, irregular. |
unknown. |
2n | = 20, 40. |
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Calochortus uniflorus |
Calochortus monanthus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering late spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Moist meadows | Vernal meadows |
Elevation | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) | 800 m (2600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA |
Discussion | Calochortus monanthus is known only from a single collection from meadow along the Shasta River, near Yreka, Siskiyou County, by E. L. Greene in June, 1876. It is presumed extinct. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 127. | FNA vol. 26, p. 133. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 398, plate 94. (1840) | Ownbey: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 465, plate 39, figs. 3, 4. (1940) |
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