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Calochortus superbus

Calochortus persistens

superb mariposa lily, yellow mariposa
Calochortus persistens

Siskiyou mariposa-lily
Habit Plants bulbose; bulb coat membranous.
Stems

4–6 dm.

not branching, ca. 1 dm.
Leaves

basal withering, 2–3 dm;

blade linear.

basal persistent, ca. 2 dm;

blade lanceolate, tapering at base, flat.
Inflorescences

subumbellate, 1–3-flowered;

bracts 2–8 cm.

subumbellate, 2-flowered.
Flowers

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.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals smaller than petals;

petals pink to light purplish, obovate, 35–40 mm, adaxial surface hairy only distal to gland, margins yellow-ciliate;

glands bordered proximally by wide, ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs;

anthers lanceolate, apex apiculate.
Capsules

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

nodding, winged, ellipsoid, ca. 1 cm, apex acute.
Seeds

irregular.
2n

= 12, 14, 20, 26.

= 20.

Calochortus superbus

Calochortus persistens
Phenology Flowering late spring–mid summer. Flowering late spring–mid summer.
Habitat Open slopes, dry meadows or wooded places in valley grassland, foothill woodland, pine forest Open areas in rocky soils
Elevation 0–1700 m (0–5600 ft) 1000–1500 m (3300–4900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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CA
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Calochortus persistens is restricted to the Klamath and Cascade ranges in Siskiyou County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 134. FNA vol. 26, p. 131.
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. 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. panamintensis, 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 Mariposa superba
Name authority Purdy ex J. T. Howell: Leafl. W. Bot. 1: 11. (1932) Ownbey: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 448, plate 38, figs. 1, 2. (1940)
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