Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus striatus |
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foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily |
alkali mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | Plants not bulbose. | ||||||||
Stems | slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm. |
1–5 cm. |
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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, 1–5-flowered; bracts linear, 1–3 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 lanceolate, 1–2 cm, apex acuminate; petals white to lavender, with conspicuous purple striping, obovate to cuneate, rounded, 2–3 cm, sparsely hairy around gland, margins irregularly dentate distally; glands oblong, not depressed, covered with linear hairs; filaments 5–7 mm; anthers oblong, 4–6 mm. |
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Capsules | erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
light-colored, flat. |
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2n | = 18. |
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Calochortus weedii |
Calochortus striatus |
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Phenology | Flowering mid spring–early summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Alkaline meadows, springy places in creosote bush scrub | |||||||||
Elevation | 300–1400 m (1000–4600 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA; NV
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Discussion | Varieties 4 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. (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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Name authority | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 169. (1868) | Parish: Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 122. (1902) | ||||||||
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