Flora of North America species comparison

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Calochortus concolor

Calochortus amoenus

golden bowl mariposa, goldenbowl mariposa-lily

purple fairy-lantern
Habit Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous.
Stems

usually stout, sparingly branching, not flexuous or twisted, 3–6 dm.

branching, 2–5 dm.
Leaves

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear, glaucous.

basal persistent, 2–5 dm;

blade linear, flat.
Inflorescences

subumbellate, 1–4-flowered;

bracts opposite pedicel, 4–8 cm.

2–many-flowered.
Flowers

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals usually with dark red blotch near base, lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 cm;

petals yellow, often tinged purple in drying, cuneate to obovate, 3–5 cm;

glands usually ± round, depressed, small, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane and a few long, yellow hairs, densely covered with slender, unbranched hairs;

filaments 9–10 mm;

anthers yellowish, oblong, 8–10 mm, apex obtuse.

nodding;

perianth closed at apex, globular;

sepals spreading, lanceolate, 10–15 mm, glabrous, apex acute;

petals rose, elliptic-obovate, 16–25 mm, margins sparsely ciliate and hairy;

glands ± depressed, with 4–5 ciliate membranes, proximal membrane ± equaling petal width;

filaments equaling anthers;

anthers oblong, apex obtuse.
Capsules

erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 5–8 cm, apex acuminate.

nodding, narrowly winged, oblong, 2–3 cm, apex obtuse or acute.
Seeds

flat.

dark brown, irregular.
2n

= ca. 14.

= 20.

Calochortus concolor

Calochortus amoenus
Phenology Flowering late spring–mid summer. Flowering mid spring–mid summer.
Habitat Dry slopes in chaparral and pine forest, frequently on decomposed granite Grassy slopes in partial shade
Elevation 700–2500 m (2300–8200 ft) 500–1500 m (1600–4900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
CA
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Source FNA vol. 26. FNA vol. 26, p. 122.
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. 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. weedii, C. westonii
C. albus, C. amabilis, C. ambiguus, 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. weedii, C. westonii
Synonyms C. luteus var. concolor
Name authority (Baker) Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 135. (1901) Greene: Pittonia 2: 71. (1890)
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