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Pointedtip Mariposa Lily

Calochortus apiculatus Baker

Description

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Stems usually not branching, straight, scapelike, stout, 1–3 dm. Leaves: basal 1–3 dm × 5–15 mm, usually shorter than stem. Inflorescences subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2–several, lanceolate to linear, unequal, 1–5 cm, apex acuminate; peduncle stout, becoming strongly deflexed in fruit. Flowers erect or spreading; perianth yellowish white, sometimes streaked with purple, open, campanulate; sepals shorter than petals; petals oblong-lanceolate, clawed, adaxial surface densely hairy, margins fringed laterally and moderately bearded on proximal 1/2 distal to claw with slender, flexuous hairs, apex acute or obtuse; glands short, nearly round, depressed, typically bordered proximally by dark-colored, deeply fringed membrane, adaxial surface covered with short, thick hairs; filaments shorter than or equaling anthers; anthers lanceolate, apex long-apiculate. Capsules nodding, 3-winged, ellipsoid, apex acute. Seeds light brown, irregular. 2n = 20.
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Flora of North America Vol. 26: 120, 126, 127 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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Alta., B.C.; Idaho, Mont., Wash.
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Flora of North America Vol. 26: 120, 126, 127 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flowering/Fruiting

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Flowering summer.
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Flora of North America Vol. 26: 120, 126, 127 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Habitat

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Dry, rocky slopes in open, coniferous woods; 600--2400m.
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Flora of North America Vol. 26: 120, 126, 127 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Calochortus apiculatus

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Calochortus apiculatus is a North American species of flowering plants in the lily family.[1][2]

Distribution

Calochortus apiculatus is native to western Canada (Alberta and British Columbia) and the northwestern United States. Most of the US specimens are from the northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho, Montana, and Washington, but there are reports of isolated populations in the Black Hills of Crook County, Wyoming.[3][4]

Description

Calochortus apiculatus is a bulb-forming perennial herb producing a single stalk up to 30 cm tall. Flowers are pale yellow with purple streaks and yellow hairs on the petals.[5]

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Calochortus apiculatus: Brief Summary

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Calochortus apiculatus is a North American species of flowering plants in the lily family.

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