Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus raichei |
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foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
cedars fairy lantern, cedars mariposa lily, The Cedars fairy-lantern |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | |||||||||
Stems | slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm. |
usually not branching distal to base, 1–10 dm, conspicuously glaucous. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 2–4 dm; blade linear to lanceolate. |
basal 3–4 dm; blade linear, attenuate, channeled, conspicuously glaucous. |
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Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
1–2-flowered; bracts paired, opposite. |
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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. |
nodding; perianth ± closed at apex, ± oblong; sepals appressed to petals, grayish mauve to pale green, broadly lanceolate, 1–2.5 cm, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals pale yellow, obovate, 2–4.5 cm, adaxial surface moderately hairy from gland to apex, margins moderately ciliate to apex, apex acuminate to acute; glands depressed, with long, thin, distal hairs; filaments 7–9 mm; anthers ± oblong, 6 mm, apex obtuse. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
nodding, ridged, not winged, oblong, 2–4 cm, apex acute. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
dark brown, irregular. |
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2n | = 18. |
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Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus raichei |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Exposed serpentine soil in open woodlands | |||||||||
Elevation | less than 300 m (less than 1000 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 raichei is known only from the headwaters area of Big Austin Creek, Sonoma County. It is threatened by mining activities. (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. 124. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 169. (1868) | Farwig & V. Girard: Herbertia 43(1): 3, figs. 1, 2. (1987) | ||||||||
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