Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus minimus |
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foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
Sierra mariposa, Sierra mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | |||||||||
Stems | slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm. |
not branching, less than 1 dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 2–4 dm; blade linear to lanceolate. |
basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat; cauline usually absent. |
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Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
1–10-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 lanceolate, 8–10 mm, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals white, obovate, 10–14 mm, not ciliate, adaxial surface glabrous or sometimes with few hairs near gland; glands bordered proximally by ± ciliate membrane; filaments equaling anthers; anthers linear-oblong, apex acute. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
nodding, 3-winged, ellipsoid, 1–2 cm. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
irregular. |
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2n | = 18. |
= 20. |
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Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus minimus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Moist grassy areas in open woods, along lake margins | |||||||||
Elevation | 1200–3000 m (3900–9800 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.) |
Derivatives of hybridization between Calochortus minimus and C. nudus (pink- to lavender-tinged petals with rounded tips) occur in the northern high Sierra Nevada (B. D. Ness et al. 1990). (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. 128. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 169. (1868) | Ownbey: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 430. (1940) | ||||||||
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