Biology:Calochortus palmeri

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Calochortus palmeri
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Calochortus palmeri var munzii

Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Calochortus
Species:
C. palmeri
Binomial name
Calochortus palmeri
S.Wats.
Synonyms[2]
  • Mariposa palmeri (S.Watson) Hoover
  • Calochortus splendens var. montanus Purdy
  • Calochortus invenustus var. montanus (Purdy) Parish
  • Calochortus montanus (Purdy) Davidson
  • Calochortus paludicola Davidson
  • Calochortus palmeri var. paludicola (Davidson) Jeps. & Ames

Calochortus palmeri is a species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common names Palmer's mariposa lily and strangling mariposa.[2][3][4][5]

It is endemic to California , where it is distributed in the Transverse Ranges and Peninsular Ranges of Southern California (Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles , San Bernardino, Kern, Riverside, and San Diego Counties). There is also a report of an isolated population in the Diablo Range in San Benito County[3]

Description

Calochortus palmeri is a perennial herb producing a straight, branching stem up to 60 centimeters tall. The basal leaf is 10 to 20 centimeters long and withers by flowering.[4]

The inflorescence bears 1 to 6 erect, open bell-shaped flowers. Each flower has three brown-speckled sepals 3 centimeters long and three wider petals each 2 or 3 centimeters long. The petals are white to light lavender and have bases with yellow or purple hairs, or lacking hairs, depending on variety.[4]

Varieties[2]
  • Calochortus palmeri var. munzii — Munz's mariposa lily — rarer of the two, and known only from the Peninsular Ranges in Riverside and San Diego Counties.[6]
  • Calochortus palmeri var. palmeri — Palmer's mariposa lily — native to the Transverse Ranges.[7]
formerly included[2]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5023112 entry