Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus kennedyi |
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foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
desert mariposa, desert 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 not branching but sometimes twisted, 1–2(–5) dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 2–4 dm; blade linear to lanceolate. |
blade linear-attenuate; basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade channeled, glaucous. |
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Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
subumbellate, 1–6-flowered; bracts 2–4 cm, bases dilated. |
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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, each member often with brown-purple blotch near base; sepals ovate, 2–3 cm, apex acute; petals orange to red or ± yellow, cuneate to obovate, 3–5 cm, with a few slightly enlarged hairs near gland; glands round, depressed, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with unbranched or cleft hairs; filaments 4–5 mm; anthers purplish, lanceolate, 5–8 mm. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
erect, longitudinally striped, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 4–6 cm, apex acuminate. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
flat. |
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2n | = 18. |
=16. |
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Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus kennedyi |
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Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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sw United States; nw Mexico
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Discussion | Varieties 4 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 141. | FNA vol. 26, p. 138. | ||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||||||
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Name authority | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 169. (1868) | Porter: Bot. Gaz. 2: 79. (1877) | ||||||||||||
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