Calochortus westonii
| Calochortus westonii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Genus: | Calochortus |
| Species: | C. westonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Calochortus westonii Eastw. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Calochortus coeruleus var. westonii (Eastw.) Ownbey | |
Calochortus westonii, common name Shirley Meadow Star-tulip, is a rare endemic plant known only from the Greenhorn Mountains in Kern and Tulare Counties, California. It grows in open locations in meadows and woodlands at elevations of 1500-2000 m (5000-6700 feet).[2]
Calochortus westonii is bulb-forming herb attaining a height of up to 15 cm (6 inches). Leaves are basal, persistent, and linear, up to 20 cm (8 inches) long. Sepals are green, up to 10 mm (0.4 inches) long. Petals are lanceolate, up to 12 mm (0.5 inches) long, with long flexible hairs along the margins.[3][4][5][6]
References
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ Flora of North America v 26 p 125.
- ↑ Ownbey, Marion S. 1940. A monograph of the genus Calochortus. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 27: 371–560.
- ↑ Ownbey, Marion 1969. Calochortus. University of Washington Publications in Botany 17: 765–779.
- ↑ Eastwood, Alice. 1931. New species of plants from western North America. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 20(5):135-160.
- ↑ Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.