Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus palmeri |
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foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
Palmer's mariposa lily, strangling mariposa |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | ||||||||||||
Stems | slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm. |
usually branching, straight, 3–6 dm; bearing bulblets or not. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 2–4 dm; blade linear to lanceolate. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear-attenuate. |
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Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
mono-chasiate, 1–4-flowered; bracts 1–2 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, broadly campanulate; sepals usually with brownish blotch near base, lanceolate, 3 cm, apex acuminate; petals white to lavender, sometimes with brownish blotch distal to gland, obovate-cuneate, rounded distally, 2–3 cm, usually with yellow hairs near gland, apex acute to acuminate; glands many, rounded, not depressed, short, thick, distally knobbed, sometimes with yellowish or purplish hairs, otherwise glabrous; filaments 7–8 mm; anthers white, oblong, 5–7 mm, apex acute. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
erect, linear, angled in cross section, ca. 5 cm. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
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2n | = 18. |
= 14. |
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Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus palmeri |
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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.) |
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. 133. | ||||||||||||
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 14: 266. (1879) | ||||||||||||
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