Calochortus vestae |
Calochortus indecorus |
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Coast Range mariposa lily |
sexton mountain mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants strongly bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |
Stems | usually branching, straight, 3–5 dm. |
stout, not branching, 16–22 cm, not bearing bulblets. |
Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
basal 2–25 dm × 8–12 mm; cauline usually present. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–3-flowered; bracts 2–5 cm. |
2–6-flowered. |
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. |
± erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals broadly lanceolate, somewhat shorter than petals; petals bright lavender, broadly obovate, adaxial surface glabrous or with short, purple hairs distal to gland, apex margins erose; glands slightly depressed, surrounded proximally by minutely denticulate membrane; filaments longer than anthers; anthers oblong, apex acute to obtuse. |
Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–7 cm, apex acute. |
nodding, narrowly 3-winged, ovoid, 1.5–2 cm. |
Seeds | light beige, flat, 4–6 mm. |
unknown. |
2n | = 28. |
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Calochortus vestae |
Calochortus indecorus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering late spring. |
Habitat | Heavy clay soils in mixed evergreen and pine forests | |
Elevation | 500–900 m (1600–3000 ft) | |
Distribution |
CA |
OR |
Discussion | Calochortus indecorus was collected from the western slope of Sexton Mountain, northeastern Josephine County. Endemic to that area, the taxon is now presumed extinct. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 135. | FNA vol. 26, p. 127. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Purdy: Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 18: 14. (1895) | Ownbey & M. Peck: Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 191. (1954) |
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