Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus luteus |
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foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
yellow mariposa, yellow mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | |||||||||
Stems | slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm. |
slender, 2–5 dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 2–4 dm; blade linear to lanceolate. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
subumbellate, 1–4-flowered; bracts 1–8 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-oblong, attenuate, 2–3 cm; petals deep yellow, usually streaked red-brown proximally, often with median red-brown blotch, cuneate to obovate, 2–4 cm, with a few slender hairs near gland; glands ± lunate to oblong, not depressed, covered with short, matted hairs; filaments 7–9 mm; anthers linear-oblong, 4–6 mm, apex obtuse or acute. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 3–6 cm. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
light beige, flat. |
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2n | = 18. |
= 14, 28. |
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Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus luteus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Heavy soils in grasslands, open woodlands, mixed evergreen forests | |||||||||
Elevation | 0–700 m (0–2300 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.) |
Coastal plants of Calochortus luteus are mostly triploid, while those of the interior are mostly diploid. Occasionally this species hybridizes with C. superbus. (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. 135. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa lutea | |||||||||
Name authority | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 169. (1868) | Douglas ex Lindley: Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 19: plate 1567. (1833) | ||||||||
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