Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus splendens |
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foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
splendid mariposa, splendid mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | Plants rarely bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | ||||||||
Stems | slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm. |
branching, ± straight, 2–6 dm. |
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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. |
monochasiate, 1–4-flowered; bracts 2–5 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, narrow at base; sepals deep lilac, often with purple blotch, lanceolate-ovate to acuminate, 2–3 cm; petals lavender to deep purple, usually with purple blotch at base, obovate to cuneate, rounded, 3–5 cm, with scattered, white and/or purple hairs proximal to middle, sometimes with yellow hairs distal to gland, margins dentate distally; glands ± square, not depressed, usually with many branching hairs; filaments 7–8 mm; anthers purple or white, 5–7 mm, apex obtuse to abruptly pointed. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
erect, linear, angled, 5–7 cm. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
light-colored, flat. |
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2n | = 18. |
= 14. |
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Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus splendens |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Dry slopes in heavy or granitic soil in chaparral, valley grassland, pine forest | |||||||||
Elevation | less than 2800 m (less than 9200 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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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. 133. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Synonyms | C. davidsonianus, Mariposa splendens | |||||||||
Name authority | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 169. (1868) | Douglas ex Bentham: Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. 2, 1: 411, plate 15, fig.1. (1835) | ||||||||
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