Kingdom Plantae Family Liliaceae Rank Species | Order Liliales Genus Calochortus | |
Similar Calochortus nitidus, Calochortus vestae, Calochortus simulans, Calochortus longibarbatus, Calochortus minimus | ||
Calochortus westonii, common name Shirley Meadow star-tulip, is a rare endemic plant known only from the Greenhorn Mountains range of the southern Sierra Nevada, within Kern and Tulare Counties, California.
It grows in open locations in meadows and woodlands at elevations of 1,500–2,000 m (4,900–6,600 ft).
Description
Calochortus westonii is bulb-forming herb attaining a height of up to 15 cm (5.9 in). Leaves are basal, persistent, and linear, up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long.
Sepals are green, up to 10 mm (0.39 in) long. Petals are lanceolate, up to 12 mm (0.47 in) long, with long flexible hairs along the margins.
References
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