Flora of North America species comparison

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Calochortus tolmiei

Calochortus raichei
Calochortus tolmiei

hairy star tulip, pussy ears, Tolmie star-tulip, Tolmie's cat's ear, Tolmie's mariposa-lily

cedars fairy lantern, cedars mariposa lily, The Cedars fairy-lantern
Stems

± slender, usually branching, 1–4 dm.

usually not branching distal to base, 1–10 dm, conspicuously glaucous.
Leaves

basal persistent, 1–4 dm;

blade lanceolate, tapering at base, flat;

cauline bractlike.

basal 3–4 dm;

blade linear, attenuate, channeled, conspicuously glaucous.
Inflorescences

± umbellate, 1–several-flowered.

1–2-flowered;

bracts paired, opposite.
Flowers

erect or spreading;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals 10–15 mm;

petals white to pinkish or purplish, obovate, 12–25 mm, adaxial surface densely hairy, margins ciliate;

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

anthers lanceolate, apex acute to apiculate.

nodding;

perianth ± closed at apex, ± oblong;

sepals appressed to petals, grayish mauve to pale green, broadly lanceolate, 1–2.5 cm, glabrous, apex acuminate;

petals pale yellow, obovate, 2–4.5 cm, adaxial surface moderately hairy from gland to apex, margins moderately ciliate to apex, apex acuminate to acute;

glands depressed, with long, thin, distal hairs;

filaments 7–9 mm;

anthers ± oblong, 6 mm, apex obtuse.
Capsules

nodding, winged, oblong, 2–3 cm.

nodding, ridged, not winged, oblong, 2–4 cm, apex acute.
Seeds

deep purple, dark brown in age, irregular.

dark brown, irregular.
2n

= 20.

Calochortus tolmiei

Calochortus raichei
Phenology Flowering mid spring–mid summer. Flowering summer.
Habitat Open grassy slopes or in woods, often on poor, dry soil Exposed serpentine soil in open woodlands
Elevation 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) less than 300 m (less than 1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; WA
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from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Calochortus raichei is known only from the headwaters area of Big Austin Creek, Sonoma County. It is threatened by mining activities.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 124. FNA vol. 26, p. 124.
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. 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. persistens, C. plummerae, C. pulchellus, 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
Name authority Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 398. (1840) Farwig & V. Girard: Herbertia 43(1): 3, figs. 1, 2. (1987)
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