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|accepted_name=Calochortus amabilis
|accepted_authority=Purdy
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser.
|place=3, 2: 119, plate 19, fig. 1. 1901
|year=1901
}}
|common_names=Diogenes’ lantern
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Calochortus;Calochortus amabilis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Calochortus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Calochortus amabilis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 119
|treatment_page=page 124
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem architecture;stem position or shape;stem some measurement;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>usually branching distal to base, 1–5 dm, slightly glaucous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="basal leaf duration;basal leaf some measurement"><b>Leaves:</b> basal persistent, 20–50 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade arrangement or course or shape;blade prominence or shape;blade pubescence">blade linear, flat, slightly glaucous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>2–many-flowered.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="flower orientation"><b>Flowers </b>nodding;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="perianth shape">perianth closed at apex, globular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sepal orientation;sepal shape;sepal some measurement">sepals spreading, ovate to lanceolate, 1.5–2 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="petal depth;petal coloration;petal shape;petal some measurement;petal architecture or pubescence or shape;abaxial blotch coloration;adaxial surface pubescence;adaxial surface pubescence;hair quantity">petals deep yellow, with brown abaxial blotch, widely lanceolate, 1.6–2 cm, densely ciliate throughout, adaxial surface glabrous or with a few hairs near gland;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="gland shape;gland architecture">glands deeply depressed, bordered distally by band of hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="filament length or size">filaments longer than anthers;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="anther shape;apex shape;apex shape">anthers oblong, apex obtuse or acute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="capsule orientation;capsule architecture;capsule shape;capsule some measurement;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Capsules </b>nodding, winged, oblong, 2–3 cm, apex obtuse or acute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>dark-brown, irregular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed coloration;seed architecture or course;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid spring–mid summer.
|habitat=Shaded places in open woods or brush
|elevation=100–1000 m
|distribution=Calif.
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Calochortus amabilis
|authority=Purdy
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering mid spring–mid summer.
|habitat=Shaded places in open woods or brush
|elevation=100–1000 m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser.
|publication year=1901
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Calochortus
|species=Calochortus amabilis
|2n chromosome quantity=20
|abaxial blotch coloration=brown
|adaxial surface pubescence=with a few hairs;glabrous
|anther shape=oblong
|apex shape=acute;obtuse;acute;obtuse
|basal leaf duration=persistent
|basal leaf some measurement=20cm;50cm
|blade arrangement or course or shape=linear
|blade prominence or shape=flat
|blade pubescence=glaucous
|capsule architecture=winged
|capsule orientation=nodding
|capsule shape=oblong
|capsule some measurement=2cm;3cm
|filament length or size=longer
|flower orientation=nodding
|gland architecture=bordered
|gland shape=depressed
|hair quantity=few
|inflorescence architecture=2-many-flowered
|perianth shape=globular
|petal architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate
|petal coloration=yellow
|petal depth=deep
|petal shape=lanceolate
|petal some measurement=1.6cm;2cm
|seed architecture or course=irregular
|seed coloration=dark-brown
|sepal orientation=spreading
|sepal shape=ovate;lanceolate
|sepal some measurement=1.5cm;2cm
|stem architecture=branching
|stem position or shape=distal
|stem pubescence=glaucous
|stem some measurement=1dm;5dm
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