Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus amoenus |
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foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
purple fairy-lantern |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | |||||||||
Stems | slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm. |
branching, 2–5 dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 2–4 dm; blade linear to lanceolate. |
basal persistent, 2–5 dm; blade linear, flat. |
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Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
2–many-flowered. |
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Flowers | 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. |
nodding; perianth closed at apex, globular; sepals spreading, lanceolate, 10–15 mm, glabrous, apex acute; petals rose, elliptic-obovate, 16–25 mm, margins sparsely ciliate and hairy; glands ± depressed, with 4–5 ciliate membranes, proximal membrane ± equaling petal width; filaments equaling anthers; anthers oblong, apex obtuse. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
nodding, narrowly winged, oblong, 2–3 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
dark brown, irregular. |
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2n | = 18. |
= 20. |
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Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus amoenus |
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Phenology | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Grassy slopes in partial shade | |||||||||
Elevation | 500–1500 m (1600–4900 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA
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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. 141. | FNA vol. 26, p. 122. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 169. (1868) | Greene: Pittonia 2: 71. (1890) | ||||||||
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