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|accepted_name=Calochortus elegans
|accepted_authority=Pursh
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|place=1: 240. 1814
|year=1814
}}
|common_names=Cat’s ear
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Calochortus;Calochortus elegans
|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 elegans]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 120, 126
|treatment_page=page 125
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem size;stem architecture;stem architecture or shape;stem some measurement"><b>Stems </b>± slender, usually not branching, often scapelike, 0.5–2 dm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="basal leaf duration;basal leaf some measurement"><b>Leaves:</b> basal persistent, 1–2 dm;</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, glabrous adaxially.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>1–7-flowered.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="flower orientation"><b>Flowers </b>erect to spreading;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="perianth architecture;perianth shape">perianth open, campanulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sepal shape;sepal some measurement;sepal pubescence;adaxial surface relief">sepals oblong-lanceolate, 12–16 mm, usually glabrous, adaxial surface minutely papillose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="petal coloration;petal shape;petal width;petal some measurement;crescent coloration or density;crescent position or shape;adaxial surface pubescence;adaxial surface position or shape;margin architecture or pubescence or shape">petals light green to white, usually with purple crescent distal to gland, ± oblanceolate or broader, 10–15 mm, adaxial surface hairy only distal to gland, margins conspicuously ciliate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="gland shape;gland shape;gland architecture;membrane architecture or pubescence or shape;hair height or length or size">glands lunate, usually slightly depressed, bordered proximally by ± ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="anther shape;apex architecture or shape">anthers lanceolate, apex apiculate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="capsule orientation;capsule architecture;capsule shape;capsule some measurement;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Capsules </b>nodding, winged, ellipsoid-globular, 1–2 cm, apex obtuse or acute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>light-brown, irregular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="seed coloration;seed architecture or course;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 20.</span><!--

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|distribution=nw United States
|discussion=<p>Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Petal gland membranes erose to crenate.
|[[Calochortus elegans var. nanus|Calochortus elegans var. nanus]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Petal gland membranes deeply fringed.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Petal glands broadly transverse-oblong, extending nearly across lower portion of petal, depressed, strongly arched distally; petals densely bearded.
|[[Calochortus elegans var. elegans|Calochortus elegans var. elegans]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Petal glands shortly transverse-oblong, not depressed, straight or only slightly arched; petals only moderately bearded.
|[[Calochortus elegans var. selwayensis|Calochortus elegans var. selwayensis]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Calochortus elegans
|authority=Pursh
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Liliaceae
|distribution=nw United States
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|publication year=1814
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_157.xml
|genus=Calochortus
|species=Calochortus elegans
|2n chromosome quantity=20
|adaxial surface position or shape=distal
|adaxial surface pubescence=hairy
|adaxial surface relief=papillose
|anther shape=lanceolate
|apex architecture or shape=apiculate
|apex shape=acute;obtuse
|basal leaf duration=persistent
|basal leaf some measurement=1dm;2dm
|blade arrangement or course or shape=linear
|blade prominence or shape=flat
|blade pubescence=glabrous
|capsule architecture=winged
|capsule orientation=nodding
|capsule shape=ellipsoid-globular
|capsule some measurement=1cm;2cm
|crescent coloration or density=purple
|crescent position or shape=distal
|flower orientation=erect;spreading
|gland architecture=bordered
|gland shape=depressed;lunate
|hair height or length or size=short
|inflorescence architecture=1-7-flowered
|margin architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate
|membrane architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate
|perianth architecture=open
|perianth shape=campanulate
|petal coloration=light green;white
|petal shape=oblanceolate
|petal some measurement=10mm;15mm
|petal width=broader
|seed architecture or course=irregular
|seed coloration=light-brown
|sepal pubescence=glabrous
|sepal shape=oblong-lanceolate
|sepal some measurement=12mm;16mm
|stem architecture=branching
|stem architecture or shape=scapelike
|stem size=slender
|stem some measurement=0.5dm;2dm
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