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Calochortus nitidus Douglas  

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Family: Liliaceae
broadfruit mariposa lily
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P. L. Fiedler & R. K. Zebell in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Stems not branching, straight, 2-4 dm, proximal internodes elongate; bulblets rare. Leaves: basal usually persistent, 1-3 dm × 10-25 mm; blade flat, tapering toward both ends, becoming involute; cauline ca. halfway up stem. Inflorescences subumbellate, 1-4-flowered; bracts 2 or more, narrowly lanceolate to linear, long-attenuate, unequal, 2-10 cm. Flowers erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals ovate to lanceolate, shorter than petals, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals lavender, with deep purple adaxial crescent distal to gland, obovate, cuneate, ± ciliate laterally, sparingly covered with long, flexuous hairs distal to gland; glands ± triangular-lunate, slightly depressed, bordered proximally by narrow, deeply fringed membrane, covered with short, thick hairs, hairs and membrane fringe densely covered with long papillae; filaments longer than anthers; anthers oblong, 6-10 mm, apex obtuse. Capsules erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid to nearly globular. Seeds light beige. 2n = 40. Flowering summer. Low meadows along creeks; 700--900 m; Idaho, Oreg., Wash.
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