Calochortus venustus |
Calochortus amabilis |
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butterfly mariposa lily, square mariposa tulip |
Diogenes' lantern, golden fairy lantern |
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Habit | Plants bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |
Stems | usually branching, 1–6 dm. |
usually branching distal to base, 1–5 dm, slightly glaucous. |
Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
basal persistent, 20–50 cm; blade linear, flat, slightly glaucous. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–6(–10)-flowered; bracts 2–8 cm. |
2–many-flowered. |
Flowers | erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals lanceolate, 3–5 cm, apex recurved; petals white to brightly or deeply yellow, purple, or dark red, with dark red median blotch, often with second paler distal blotch, obovate or cuneate to clawed, rounded, 3–5 cm, with scattered proximal hairs, apex retuse to obtuse; glands in lower middle of petal, ± square, sometimes ovate, not depressed, covered with short, orange to red-purple hairs; filaments usually equaling anthers; anthers linear-lanceolate to oblong. |
nodding; perianth closed at apex, globular; sepals spreading, ovate to lanceolate, 1.5–2 cm; petals deep yellow, with brown abaxial blotch, widely lanceolate, 1.6–2 cm, densely ciliate throughout, adaxial surface glabrous or with a few hairs near gland; glands deeply depressed, bordered distally by band of hairs; filaments longer than anthers; anthers oblong, apex obtuse or acute. |
Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 5–6 cm. |
nodding, winged, oblong, 2–3 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
Seeds | light beige, ± flat, 4–6 mm. |
dark brown, irregular. |
2n | = 14. |
= 20. |
Calochortus venustus |
Calochortus amabilis |
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Phenology | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Light sandy soil, often in decomposed granite in valley grassland, foothill woodland, and pine forest | Shaded places in open woods or brush |
Elevation | 300–2700 m (1000–8900 ft) | 100–1000 m (300–3300 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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Discussion | Flower color and pattern are very showy and exceedingly variable in Calochortus venustus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 134. | FNA vol. 26, p. 124. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
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Synonyms | Mariposa venusta | |
Name authority | Douglas ex Bentham: Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. 2, 1: 412, plate 15, fig. 3. (1835) | Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 119, plate 19, fig. 1. (1901) |
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