Calochortus invenustus

Calochortus invenustus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Calochortus
Species: C. invenustus
Binomial name
Calochortus invenustus
Greene

Calochortus invenustus is a species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common name plain mariposa lily.[1] It is native to the mountain ranges of California, where it grows in the coniferous forests. Its range may extend just into Nevada. It is a perennial herb which produces a slender, mostly unbranched stem up to 50 centimeters tall. There is a basal leaf 10 to 20 centimeters long which withers at flowering. The inflorescence bears 1 to 6 erect bell-shaped flowers in a loose cluster. Each flower has three sepals and three petals which are usually white to light purple and may have spotting low at the base and greenish streaking on the outer surfaces. The fruit is an angled capsule up to 7 centimeters long.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Ownbey, Marion (November 1940). "A Monograph of the Genus Calochortus". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 27 (4): 371–560. doi:10.2307/2394384. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Ness, Bryan D. (Oct–Dec 1989). "Seed Morphology and Taxonomic Relationships in Calochortus (Liliaceae)". Systematic Botany 14 (4): 495–505. doi:10.2307/2418993. Retrieved 6 August 2012.

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