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Calochortus subalpinus
Piper
Family:
Liliaceae
Subalpine Mariposa-Lily
FNA
Resources
P. L. Fiedler & R. K. Zebell in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Stems usually not branching, straight or flexuous, often scapelike, 0.5-3 dm. Leaves: basal 1-3 dm × 2-15 mm, usually equaling or exceeding stem length; blade flat, adaxial surface glabrous. Inflorescences subumbellate, 1-5-flowered; bracts 2-several, lanceolate to linear, unequal, 1-5 cm, apex acuminate; peduncle slender, becoming stouter, deflexed in fruit. Flowers erect or spreading; perianth open, campanulate; sepals typically with purple glandular blotch near base, oblong-lanceolate, shorter than petals, adaxial surface minutely hairy, apex acute to acuminate; petals yellowish white, sometimes lavender-tinged, frequently with narrow purple crescent distal to gland, broadly obovate, cuneate, moderately bearded nearly to apex, adaxial surface densely hairy, margins fringed, apex obtuse or acute; glands transversely oblong, arched upward, ± deeply depressed, bordered proximally by narrow, ascending, deeply fringed membrane, distally by narrow, crenate membranes, gland surface with rather long, slender hairs toward distal portion; anthers lanceolate, apex long-apiculate. Capsules nodding, 3-winged, ellipsoid, apex usually acute. Seeds pale yellow. 2n = 20.
Flowering summer. Open forest in loose volcanic soils; 1000--2200 m; Oreg., Wash.
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