Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus excavatus |
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foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
Inyo County star-tulip |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | |||||||||
Stems | slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm. |
slender, not branching, 1–3 dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 2–4 dm; blade linear to lanceolate. |
basal usually persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
subumbellate, 1–4-flowered; bracts paired, 3–8 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 lanceolate, 2–3 cm, apex acuminate; petals lavender, with longitudinal median abaxial green stripe, with or without blotches, broadly cuneate to obovate, 3–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland; glands round, depressed, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with short, distally branching hairs; filaments 6–8 mm; anthers red-brown, oblong, 7–10 mm, apex obtuse. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
erect, brown, lanceoloid-linear, 3-angled, 2–3 cm. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
light beige, translucent, flat. |
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2n | = 18. |
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Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus excavatus |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | |||||||||
Habitat | Grassy meadows in shadscale scrub | |||||||||
Elevation | 1200–2000 m (3900–6600 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.) |
Calochortus excavatus is found only in the eastern Sierra Nevada in Mono and Inyo counties. It is threatened by groundwater depletion. (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. 137. | ||||||||
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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