Calochortus weedii

Calochortus weedii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Calochortoideae
Genus: Calochortus
Species: C. weedii
Binomial name
Calochortus weedii
Alph.Wood
Synonyms[1]
  • Calochortus luteus var. weedii (Alph.Wood) Baker
  • Cyclobothra weedii (Alph.Wood) Hoover
  • Calochortus citrinus Baker
  • Calochortus weedii var. albus Purdy

Calochortus weedii is a North American species of flowering plants in the lily family known by the common name Weed's mariposa lily.[2][3][4]

It is native to the Outer Southern California Coast Ranges and the Transverse Ranges in Southern California, and the Peninsular Ranges in Southern California and Baja California. It is a member of the chaparral flora. Most of the California locales occur between Santa Barbara County and San Diego County, but there is a report of an isolated population along Salmon Creek in southern Monterey County.[5]

Description

Calochortus weedii is a perennial herb producing a slender, branching stem 30 to 90 centimeters tall.[6]

There is a basal leaf up to 40 centimeters long which withers by the time the plant blooms.[6]

The inflorescence bears 2 to 6 erect, widely bell-shaped to spreading flowers. Each flower has three narrow sepals and three wider and sometimes shorter petals, each segment up to 3 centimeters long. The petals are oval or wedge-shaped and may be any of a variety of colors, from cream to deep yellow to reddish purple. The petals often have reddish brown borders and flecks, and a coating of hairs on the inner surface.[6]

The fruit is an angled capsule 4 to 5 centimeters long.[6]

Varieties[1][2]
formerly included[1][7]

Three taxa once considered varieties of Calochortus weedii are now generally classified as distinct species:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 1 2 Jepson Manual (TJM93) Treatment: Calochortus weedii
  3. ↑ United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile: Calochortus weedii (Weed's mariposa lily)
  4. ↑ Wood, Alphonso 1868. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20(6): 169 in Latin
  5. ↑ Calfora taxon report, University of California @ Berkeley, Calochortus weedii Alph. Wood Weed's mariposa, Weed's mariposa lily
  6. 1 2 3 4 Flora of North America, Calochortus weedii
  7. ↑ Gerritsen, M. E. and R. Parsons. Calochortus: Mariposa lilies & their relatives. Timber Press, 2007. 164.
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