Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus simulans |
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foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
La Panza mariposa lily, San Luis obispo mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | Plants bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | ||||||||
Stems | slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm. |
usually branching, 1–6 dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 2–4 dm; blade linear to lanceolate. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
subumbellate, 1–3-flowered; bracts 2–8 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, campanulate; sepals with dark red proximal blotch surrounding gland and extending to base, lanceolate, 2–3 cm, apex recurved; petals white or yellowish, often pink abaxially, with dark red blotch surrounding gland, often with small red spot immediately above gland, obovate to cuneate, 3–5 cm, with scattered hairs proximally; glands suprabasal, ± square, not depressed, covered with short hairs; filaments usually equaling anthers; anthers linear-lanceolate to oblong. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
erect, linear, angled, 5–6 cm. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
light beige, flat, 5–6 mm. |
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2n | = 18. |
= 14. |
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Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus simulans |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Sand (often granitic), grasslands to pine forests | |||||||||
Elevation | 0–1100 m (0–3600 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.) |
Calochortus simulans is restricted to central 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. 134. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa simulans | |||||||||
Name authority | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 169. (1868) | (Hoover) Munz: Suppl. Calif. Fl., 174. (1968) | ||||||||
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