Calochortus plummerae Greene

Plummer's mariposa lily (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Calochortus

Characteristics

Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. Stems slender, usually branching, 3–6 dm. Leaves: basal withering; blade linear to lanceolate, 2–4 dm. Inflorescences 2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. Flowers erect; perianth open, broadly campanulate; sepals lanceolate, 3–5 cm, glabrous or with a few hairs at base, apex long-tapering; petals pale pink to rose, drying purplish, broadly cuneate to obovate, 3–4 cm, glabrous distally or nearly so, rarely fringed, with conspicuous, long, yellow hairs in broad median band, margins dentate; glands round, slightly depressed, ± glabrous, bordered by ring of dense, obscuring, orange hairs; filaments 9–11 mm, ± equaling anthers; anthers lanceolate-linear, apex acute to somewhat short-tipped. Capsules erect, linear, angled, 4–8 cm, apex acute. Seeds light beige. 2n = 18.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
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Images

Flower

Calochortus plummerae flower picture by Kayla Smith (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:42650-2
WFO ID wfo-0000762798
COL ID PXC8
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Synonyms

Cyclobothra plummerae Calochortus plummerae