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Calochortus splendens

Calochortus panamintensis

splendid mariposa, splendid mariposa lily

Panamint mariposa-lily, Panamint Mountain mariposa lily
Habit Plants rarely bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous.
Stems

branching, ± straight, 2–6 dm.

usually not branching or twisted, 4–6 dm.
Leaves

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear, attenuate.

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear.
Inflorescences

monochasiate, 1–4-flowered;

bracts 2–5 cm.

1–4-flowered;

bracts 2–4 cm.
Flowers

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.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals with dark purple or red blotch near base, lanceolate, 1–4 cm, apex acuminate;

petals white tinged with lilac, with longitudinal median green stripe on abaxial surface, not spotted, narrowly obovate, 2–4 cm, ± glabrous;

glands surrounded by red or purple border, round, depressed, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with short, unbranched or distally branching hairs;

filaments ca. 6 mm;

anthers bluish, oblong, 5–7 mm, ± glabrous, apex obtuse.
Capsules

erect, linear, angled, 5–7 cm.

erect, tan to brown, linear-lanceoloid, angled, ca. 7 cm, apex acuminate.
Seeds

light-colored, flat.

light yellow, flat.
2n

= 14.

= 14.

Calochortus splendens

Calochortus panamintensis
Phenology Flowering late spring–mid summer. Flowering early–mid summer.
Habitat Dry slopes in heavy or granitic soil in chaparral, valley grassland, pine forest Dry rocky slopes in pinyon-juniper woodland
Elevation less than 2800 m (less than 9200 ft) 2300–3200 m (7500–10500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
CA; NV
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Discussion

Calochortus panamintensis is restricted to the Panamint Mountains, Inyo County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 133. FNA vol. 26, p. 137.
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. 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. 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. 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. davidsonianus, Mariposa splendens C. nuttallii var. panamintensis
Name authority Douglas ex Bentham: Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. 2, 1: 411, plate 15, fig.1. (1835) (Ownbey) Reveal: in A. Cronquist et al., Intermount. Fl. 6: 501. (1977)
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