Calochortus uniflorus |
Calochortus weedii |
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large-flower star-tulip, Monterey mariposa lily, pink star-tulip |
foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | |||||||||
Stems | usually not branching, shorter than 5(–10) cm, bearing bulblets near base. |
slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–4 dm; blade lanceolate, flat; cauline usually present. |
basal withering, 2–4 dm; blade linear to lanceolate. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2–4, linear, attenuate. |
2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
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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, broadly campanulate; sepals ovate to lanceolate, attenuate, 2–3 cm; petals orange-yellow, flecked, broadly cuneate or obovate, ca. 2–3 cm, adaxially bearded with long yellow hairs, margins often red-brown, dentate or fringed; glands round, slightly depressed, ± glabrous, surrounded by ring of long, dense, obscuring yellow hairs; filaments 8–12 mm; anthers lanceolate-oblong, apex acute. |
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Capsules | nodding, narrowly 3-winged, 1–3 cm. |
erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
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Seeds | dark brown, irregular. |
light beige. |
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2n | = 20, 40. |
= 18. |
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Calochortus uniflorus |
Calochortus weedii |
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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; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | Varieties 4 (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. 141. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 398, plate 94. (1840) | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 169. (1868) | ||||||||
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