Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus obispoensis |
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foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
San Luis mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | ||||||||
Stems | slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm. |
slender, branching, straight, 3–6 dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 2–4 dm; blade linear to lanceolate. |
basal withering, 2–3 dm; blade linear-lanceolate. |
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Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
2–6-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 opening flat, campanulate; sepals often reflexed, lanceolate, 1–3 cm, glabrous, apex long-tapered; petals yellow to deep orange, purple-brown at tip, oblong-ovate, 1–2 cm, conspicuously bearded, margins fringed or dentate, apex fringed with hairy tufts; glands round, slightly depressed, glabrous, surrounded and obscured by ring of slender, dense hairs united at base; filaments 7–8 mm; anthers oblong, apex acute. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
erect, linear, 3-angled, 3–4 cm, apex acute. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
light yellow, translucent. |
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2n | = 18. |
= 18. |
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Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus obispoensis |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Dry stony hills, canyons, edge of chaparral, serpentine | |||||||||
Elevation | 100–500 m (300–1600 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.) |
Of conservation concern. Calochortus obispoensis is restricted to San Luis Obispo County. (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. 141. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 169. (1868) | Lemmon: Bot. Gaz. 11: 180. (1886) | ||||||||
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