Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus longebarbatus |
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foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
long-bearded mariposa lily, long-bearded sego-lily, long-hair star-tulip, longbeard mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | |||||||||||||
Stems | slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm. |
usually not branching, 1–3 dm, proximal internodes very short; bulblet in axil of cauline leaf at or below ground surface. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 2–4 dm; blade linear to lanceolate. |
single; basal persistent, 2–3 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
1–4-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 ovate-lanceolate, 15–20 mm, apex acuminate; petals light pink to ± lavender, with red-purple adaxial crescent distal to gland, widely obovate-cuneate, 20–30 mm, not ciliate, with a few long hairs; glands bordered proximally by ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs; filaments twice length of anthers; anther apex obtuse to abruptly short-tipped. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid to ± globular, 2–3 cm. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
light brown, irregular. |
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2n | = 18. |
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Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus longebarbatus |
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Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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w United States
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Discussion | Varieties 4 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
recent collections of calochortus longebarbatus from oregon exhibit intergradation in the characters that heretofore have been thought to distinguish the following two varieties (k. l. chambers pers. comm.), and their continued recognition may prove unwarranted 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. | ||||||||||||
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 17: 381. (1882) | ||||||||||||
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