Calochortus monanthus Ownbey

Shasta river mariposa lily (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Calochortus

Characteristics

Plants bulbose; bulb coat membranous. Stems not branching, straight. Leaves: basal withering; blade linear-attenuate. Inflorescences 1-flowered, long-peduncled; bracts opposite. Flowers erect; perianth open, turbinate to campanulate; sepals lanceolate, attenuate, ca. 4 cm; petals pinkish, with chevron-shaped, dark red blotch distal to gland, obovate, cuneate, rounded, ca. 5 cm, with few flexible hairs near gland, margins irregularly dentate distally; glands oblong, not depressed, densely covered with slender, unbranched hairs; filaments lanceolate-linear, shorter than anthers; anthers short-tipped. Capsules erect, linear, angled. Seeds unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
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Distribution

Calochortus monanthus world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:42629-2
WFO ID wfo-0000762767
COL ID PXBN
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Synonyms

Calochortus monanthus