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Calochortus weedii

Calochortus superbus

foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily

superb mariposa lily, yellow mariposa
Habit Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. Plants bulbose; bulb coat membranous.
Stems

slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm.

4–6 dm.
Leaves

basal withering, 2–4 dm;

blade linear to lanceolate.

basal withering, 2–3 dm;

blade linear.
Inflorescences

2–6-flowered;

bracts resembling distal cauline leaves.

subumbellate, 1–3-flowered;

bracts 2–8 cm.
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, each member with median brown or purple blotch surrounded by bright yellow zone;

sepals lanceolate, attenuate, 2–4 cm;

petals white to yellowish or lavender, usually streaked with purple toward base, obovate to cuneate, rounded, 2–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland, apex retuse to obtuse;

glands linear, strongly chevron-shaped to weakly lunate, not depressed, densely covered with short hairs;

filaments 7–9 mm;

anthers lanceolate-linear to oblong, 8–10 mm, apex acute to obtuse.
Capsules

erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute.

erect, linear, angled, 5–6 cm, apex acute.
Seeds

light beige.

2n

= 18.

= 12, 14, 20, 26.

Calochortus weedii

Calochortus superbus
Phenology Flowering late spring–mid summer.
Habitat Open slopes, dry meadows or wooded places in valley grassland, foothill woodland, pine forest
Elevation 0–1700 m (0–5600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Varieties 4 (3 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Petals deep yellow.
var. weedii
1. Petals purplish or cream to red-brown.
→ 2
2. Petals purplish, apex rounded; anther apex rounded.
var. intermedius
2. Petals usually cream or red-brown, never purplish, apex squarish; anther apex abruptly apiculate.
var. vestus
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 141. FNA vol. 26, p. 134.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Calochortus Liliaceae > Calochortus
Sibling taxa
C. albus, C. amabilis, C. ambiguus, C. amoenus, C. apiculatus, C. argillosus, C. aureus, C. bruneaunis, C. catalinae, C. clavatus, C. coeruleus, C. concolor, C. coxii, C. dunnii, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, C. excavatus, C. flexuosus, C. greenei, C. gunnisonii, C. howellii, C. indecorus, C. invenustus, C. kennedyi, C. leichtlinii, C. longebarbatus, C. luteus, C. lyallii, C. macrocarpus, C. minimus, C. monanthus, C. monophyllus, C. nitidus, C. nudus, C. nuttallii, C. obispoensis, C. palmeri, C. panamintensis, C. persistens, C. plummerae, C. pulchellus, C. raichei, C. simulans, C. splendens, C. striatus, C. subalpinus, C. superbus, C. tiburonensis, C. tolmiei, C. umbellatus, C. umpquaensis, C. uniflorus, C. venustus, C. vestae, C. westonii
C. albus, C. amabilis, C. ambiguus, C. amoenus, C. apiculatus, C. argillosus, C. aureus, C. bruneaunis, C. catalinae, C. clavatus, C. coeruleus, C. concolor, C. coxii, C. dunnii, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, C. excavatus, C. flexuosus, C. greenei, C. gunnisonii, C. howellii, C. indecorus, C. invenustus, C. kennedyi, C. leichtlinii, C. longebarbatus, C. luteus, C. lyallii, C. macrocarpus, C. minimus, C. monanthus, C. monophyllus, C. nitidus, C. nudus, C. nuttallii, C. obispoensis, C. palmeri, C. panamintensis, C. persistens, C. plummerae, C. pulchellus, C. raichei, C. simulans, C. splendens, C. striatus, C. subalpinus, C. tiburonensis, C. tolmiei, C. umbellatus, C. umpquaensis, C. uniflorus, C. venustus, C. vestae, C. weedii, C. westonii
Subordinate taxa
C. weedii var. intermedius, C. weedii var. vestus, C. weedii var. weedii
Synonyms Mariposa superba
Name authority Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 169. (1868) Purdy ex J. T. Howell: Leafl. W. Bot. 1: 11. (1932)
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