Flora of North America species comparison

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Calochortus vestae

Coast Range mariposa lily
Habit Plants strongly bulbose; bulb coat membranous.
Stems

usually branching, straight, 3–5 dm.
Leaves

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear.
Inflorescences

subumbellate, 1–3-flowered;

bracts 2–5 cm.
Flowers

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals linear-lanceolate, attenuate, 2–3 cm;

petals white to purplish, streaked red to purple proximal to gland, with median red-brown blotch surrounded by pale yellow zone, cuneate to obovate, 3–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland, apex rounded;

glands ± doubly lunate, not depressed, densely covered with short hairs;

filaments equaling anthers;

anthers oblong-linear, apex obtuse or acute.
Capsules

erect, linear, angled, 4–7 cm, apex acute.
Seeds

light beige, flat, 4–6 mm.
2n

= 28.

Calochortus vestae
Phenology Flowering late spring–mid summer.
Habitat Heavy clay soils in mixed evergreen and pine forests
Elevation 500–900 m (1600–3000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 135.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Calochortus
Sibling taxa
C. albus, C. amabilis, C. ambiguus, C. amoenus, C. apiculatus, C. argillosus, C. aureus, C. bruneaunis, C. catalinae, C. clavatus, C. coeruleus, C. concolor, C. coxii, C. dunnii, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, C. excavatus, C. flexuosus, C. greenei, C. gunnisonii, C. howellii, C. indecorus, C. invenustus, C. kennedyi, C. leichtlinii, C. longebarbatus, C. luteus, C. lyallii, C. macrocarpus, C. minimus, C. monanthus, C. monophyllus, C. nitidus, C. nudus, C. nuttallii, C. obispoensis, C. palmeri, C. panamintensis, C. persistens, C. plummerae, C. pulchellus, C. raichei, C. simulans, C. splendens, C. striatus, C. subalpinus, C. superbus, C. tiburonensis, C. tolmiei, C. umbellatus, C. umpquaensis, C. uniflorus, C. venustus, C. weedii, C. westonii
Name authority Purdy: Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 18: 14. (1895)
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