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The fragrant flower has six white tepals atop a narrow tube 2–3 cm long. The tube extends deep underground with the large angular black seeds are formed there. [ 7 ] The species is dimorphic in its pollen production, with two distinct pollen forms occurring in separate populations.
The group includes herbaceous, perennial and bulbous species, all native to North America (primarily the Western United States). [5] [6] The genus Calochortus includes mariposas (or mariposa lilies) with open wedge-shaped petals, globe lilies and fairy lanterns with globe-shaped flowers, and cat's ears and star tulips with erect
The species epithet reflects the flower formation as an umbel. [16] The plant's many common names include garden star-of-Bethlehem, [17] sleepydick, [18] nap-at-noon, [7] grass lily, summer snowflake, snowdrop, starflower, bird's milk, chinkerichee, ten-o'clock lady, eleven-o'clock lady, Bath asparagus, and star of Hungary. The references to ...
Calochortus monophyllus is a North American species of flowering plants in the lily family known by the common name yellow star-tulip. [3] [4] [5] [6]Calochortus monophyllus is endemic to California.
Calochortus nuttallii is a species within the genus Calochortus, in a sub-group generally referred to as Mariposa Lilies.The specific epithet nuttallii, named for the English botanist and zoologist, Thomas Nuttall, was ascribed to the species by the American botanists John Torrey and Asa Gray when it was officially described in 1857.
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Calochortus uniflorus is a species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common names Monterey mariposa lily and large-flowered star-tulip. [2] [3] [4] It is native to western Oregon and to California as far south as San Luis Obispo County. It grows in moist areas, such as meadows, in coastal hills and lower-elevation mountains.
Maianthemum stellatum (star-flowered, starry, or little false Solomon's seal, or simply false Solomon's seal; star-flowered lily-of-the-valley [3] or starry false lily of the valley; [4] syn. Smilacina stellata) is a species of flowering plant, native across North America.