Flora of North America species comparison

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Calochortus greenei

Calochortus kennedyi

Greene's mariposa-lily

desert mariposa, desert mariposa lily
Habit Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous.
Stems

usually branching, 1–3 dm.

usually not branching but sometimes twisted, 1–2(–5) dm.
Leaves

basal persistent, ca. 2 dm;

blade glabrous adaxially.

blade linear-attenuate;

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade channeled, glaucous.
Inflorescences

1–5-flowered.

subumbellate, 1–6-flowered;

bracts 2–4 cm, bases dilated.
Flowers

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals 25–30 mm;

petals purplish, with darker purple abaxial crescent distal to gland, 30–40 mm, not ciliate at base, ± hairy;

glands deeply depressed, bordered proximally by wide ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate, each member often with brown-purple blotch near base;

sepals ovate, 2–3 cm, apex acute;

petals orange to red or ± yellow, cuneate to obovate, 3–5 cm, with a few slightly enlarged hairs near gland;

glands round, depressed, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with unbranched or cleft hairs;

filaments 4–5 mm;

anthers purplish, lanceolate, 5–8 mm.
Capsules

erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, 20–25 mm.

erect, longitudinally striped, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 4–6 cm, apex acuminate.
Seeds

irregular.

flat.
2n

=16.

Calochortus greenei

Calochortus kennedyi
Phenology Flowering mid summer.
Habitat Shrubby hillsides, open woodlands, dry soils and slopes
Elevation 700–1100 m (2300–3600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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from USDA
sw United States; nw Mexico
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Petals orange to red.
var. kennedyi
1. Petals ± yellow.
var. munzii
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 129. FNA vol. 26, p. 138.
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. 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. 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. 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
Subordinate taxa
C. kennedyi var. kennedyi, C. kennedyi var. munzii
Name authority S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 264. (1879) Porter: Bot. Gaz. 2: 79. (1877)
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