Calochortus obispoensis

Calochortus obispoensis is a rare California species of flowering plants in the lily family known by the common name San Luis mariposa lily. It is endemic to San Luis Obispo County, California, where it grows in the chaparral of the coastal mountains, generally on serpentine soils.[2][3]

Calochortus obispoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Calochortus
Species:
C. obispoensis
Binomial name
Calochortus obispoensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Calochortus weedii var. obispoensis (Lemmon) Purdy.
  • Cyclobothra obispoensis (Lemmon) Hoover

Description

Calochortus obispoensis is a perennial herb producing a slender, branched stem up to 60 centimeters tall. The basal leaf is 20 to 30 centimeters in length and withers at flowering. There may be smaller leaves located along the stem.[4]

The inflorescence bears 2 to 6 erect flowers. Each spreading flower has three reflexed sepals up to 3 centimeters long and three flat petals each up to 2 centimeters long. The petals are yellow or orange in color with darker tips and fringed and coated in long, dark purple or red hairs. The fruit is an angled capsule up to 4 centimeters long which contains translucent yellow seeds.[4]

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References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Calflora taxon report, University of California @ Berkeley, Calochortus obispoensis
  3. Lemmon, John Gill 1886. Botanical Gazette 11(7): 180–181 description in English
  4. Flora of North America, Calochortus obispoensis


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