Calochortus clavatus var. gracilis

Ownbey

Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 504. 1940.

Common names: Slender mariposa-lily
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 139. Mentioned on page 138.

Stems slender, straight, 2–3 dm. Leaves not recurved. Flowers: petals with reddish-brown line distal to gland, 3–4 cm, longer than sepals, sparsely bearded; glands shallowly to moderately depressed, small; anthers 4–7 mm.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–mid summer.
Habitat: Shaded canyons
Elevation: 0–1300 m

Discussion

Calochortus clavatus var. gracilis is restricted to the San Gabriel Mountains.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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purplish brown +
pseudobasifixed +  and basifixed +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
acuminate +  and acute +
P. L. Fiedler +  and R. K. Zebell +
Ownbey +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
petiole-like +
dilated +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
tunicate +  and scaly +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
Slender mariposa-lily +
0–1300 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
winged +  and capsular +
globular +, oblong +, linear +  and 3-angled +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
depressed +
Shaded canyons +
club--shaped +  and fringed +
1-6-flowered +  and subumbellate +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
persistent +
not recurved +
proximalmost +
reduced +
reddish-brown +
many;several +
cup-shaped +
lemon +  and golden yellow +
distinct +
broadly cuneate;obovate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Flowering late spring–mid summer. +
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. +
wind-distributed +
light yellow +
distinct +
lanceolate-ovate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
adnate +  and free +
staminodial +
3 +, 4 +  and 6 +
not +  and branching +
straight +
glaucous +  and glabrous +
slender +
3 +  and 1 +
Mariposa clavata +
Calochortus clavatus var. gracilis +
Calochortus clavatus +
variety +
connate +  and distinct +
coralline +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
3 +  and 2 +