Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus plummerae |
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foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
Plummer's 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, usually branching, 3–6 dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 2–4 dm; blade linear to lanceolate. |
basal withering; blade linear to lanceolate, 2–4 dm. |
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Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
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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 lanceolate, 3–5 cm, glabrous or with a few hairs at base, apex long-tapering; petals pale pink to rose, drying purplish, broadly cuneate to obovate, 3–4 cm, glabrous distally or nearly so, rarely fringed, with conspicuous, long, yellow hairs in broad median band, margins dentate; glands round, slightly depressed, ± glabrous, bordered by ring of dense, obscuring, orange hairs; filaments 9–11 mm, ± equaling anthers; anthers lanceolate-linear, apex acute to somewhat short-tipped. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
erect, linear, angled, 4–8 cm, apex acute. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
light beige. |
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2n | = 18. |
= 18. |
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Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus plummerae |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Dry rocky slopes, often in brush, chaparral, pine forest | |||||||||
Elevation | 0–1700 m (0–5600 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.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 141. | FNA vol. 26, p. 140. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 169. (1868) | Greene: Pittonia 2: 70. (1890) | ||||||||
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