Calochortus luteus
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Calochortus luteus MtTam.jpg
|image_caption = In flower on Mount Tamalpais
|genus = Calochortus
|species = luteus
|authority = Dougl. ex Lindl. 1833 not Nutt. 1834
|synonyms =
- Cyclobothra lutea (Douglas ex Lindl.) Lindl.
- Mariposa lutea (Douglas ex Lindl.) Hoover
|}}
Calochortus luteus, the yellow mariposa lily, is a mariposa lily endemic to California.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/239468#page/7/mode/1up Douglas, David ex Lindley, John 1833. Edwards's Botanical Register 19: plate 1567 plus two subsequent text pages] full-page color illustration, description in Latin, commentary in English[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=301713 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
Description
The primarily bright deep yellow flower is 3–5 cm across and perianth bulb-shaped, lined red-brown inside, often also with central red-brown blotch and sparse hair inside.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=1290 Calflora taxon report, University of California: Calochortus luteus (yellow mariposa lily, yellow mariposa)][http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8461,8487 Jepson Profile of Calochortus luteus][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101477 Flora of North America: Calochortus luteus] It is a perennial herb.{{Cite web|title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin|url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CALU9|access-date=2021-12-21|website=www.wildflower.org}}
Distribution
This species is found on coastal prairie, grasslands and some open forest floors.C. Michael Hogan. 2009 Its range is along the coastal ranges from region to the northern Santa Barbara County Channel Islands and mainland, Northwestern California, the Sacramento Valley, and the Sierra Nevada foothills from there to the Tehachapi Mountains.
Cultivation
Calochortus luteus is used in landscape design, with "non-habitat sourced" bulbs available from native plant nurseries and societies, to grow as an ornamental plant in gardens and for restoration projects.{{cite book | author=A. Pink| url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11892|title=Gardening for the Million| year=2004 | publisher=Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation}}C. Michael Hogan. 2009. [http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_information.asp?thingid=97686 Yellow Mariposa Lily: Calochortus luteus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004094242/http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_information.asp?thingid=97686 |date=2011-10-04 }}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Calochortus luteus}}
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CALU9 United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile for Calochortus luteus]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Calochortus+luteus CalPhotos, University of California, Photo gallery — Calochortus luteus]
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Category:Endemic flora of California
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
Category:Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Garden plants of North America
Category:Plants described in 1833
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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