Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus concolor |
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foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
golden bowl mariposa, goldenbowl mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | ||||||||
Stems | slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm. |
usually stout, sparingly branching, not flexuous or twisted, 3–6 dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 2–4 dm; blade linear to lanceolate. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear, glaucous. |
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Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
subumbellate, 1–4-flowered; bracts opposite pedicel, 4–8 cm. |
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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. |
erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals usually with dark red blotch near base, lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 cm; petals yellow, often tinged purple in drying, cuneate to obovate, 3–5 cm; glands usually ± round, depressed, small, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane and a few long, yellow hairs, densely covered with slender, unbranched hairs; filaments 9–10 mm; anthers yellowish, oblong, 8–10 mm, apex obtuse. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 5–8 cm, apex acuminate. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
flat. |
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2n | = 18. |
= ca. 14. |
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Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus concolor |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Dry slopes in chaparral and pine forest, frequently on decomposed granite | |||||||||
Elevation | 700–2500 m (2300–8200 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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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. 141. | FNA vol. 26. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Synonyms | C. luteus var. concolor | |||||||||
Name authority | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 169. (1868) | (Baker) Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 135. (1901) | ||||||||
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