Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus greenei |
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foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
Greene's mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | |||||||||
Stems | slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm. |
usually branching, 1–3 dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 2–4 dm; blade linear to lanceolate. |
basal persistent, ca. 2 dm; blade glabrous adaxially. |
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Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
1–5-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. |
erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals 25–30 mm; petals purplish, with darker purple abaxial crescent distal to gland, 30–40 mm, not ciliate at base, ± hairy; glands deeply depressed, bordered proximally by wide ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, 20–25 mm. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
irregular. |
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2n | = 18. |
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Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus greenei |
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Phenology | Flowering mid summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Shrubby hillsides, open woodlands, dry soils and slopes | |||||||||
Elevation | 700–1100 m (2300–3600 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA; OR |
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Discussion | Varieties 4 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. (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. 129. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 169. (1868) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 264. (1879) | ||||||||
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