Calochortus palmeri

S. Watson

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 266. 1879.

IllustratedEndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 133. Mentioned on page 132.

Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. Stems usually branching, straight, 3–6 dm; bearing bulblets or not. Leaves: basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear-attenuate. Inflorescences monochasiate, 1–4-flowered; bracts 1–2 cm. Flowers erect; perianth open, broadly campanulate; sepals usually with brownish blotch near base, lanceolate, 3 cm, apex acuminate; petals white to lavender, sometimes with brownish blotch distal to gland, obovate-cuneate, rounded distally, 2–3 cm, usually with yellow hairs near gland, apex acute to acuminate; glands many, rounded, not depressed, short, thick, distally knobbed, sometimes with yellowish or purplish hairs, otherwise glabrous; filaments 7–8 mm; anthers white, oblong, 5–7 mm, apex acute. Capsules erect, linear, angled in cross-section, ca. 5 cm. 2n = 14.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Petal glands yellow-hairy; stems bulbeliferous at base; bracts alternate. Calochortus palmeri var. palmeri
1 Petal glands glabrous or purple-hairy; stems not bulbeliferous; bracts opposite. Calochortus palmeri var. munzii

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... more about "Calochortus palmeri"
pseudobasifixed +  and basifixed +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
acute +  and acuminate +
P. L. Fiedler +  and R. K. Zebell +
S. Watson +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
petiole-like +
dilated +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
linear-attenuate +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
tunicate +  and scaly +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
winged +  and capsular +
globular +, oblong +, linear +  and 3-angled +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
knobbed +, not depressed +  and rounded +
purplish +, yellowish +  and yellow +
1-4-flowered +  and monochasiate +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
persistent +
proximalmost +
reduced +
many;several +
campanulate +
white +  and lavender +
distinct +
rounded;obovate-cuneate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
wind-distributed +
distinct +
lanceolate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
Illustrated +, Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
adnate +  and free +
staminodial +
3 +, 4 +  and 6 +
straight +
glaucous +  and glabrous +
3 +  and 1 +
Calochortus palmeri +
Calochortus +
species +
connate +  and distinct +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
3 +  and 2 +