desert mariposa lily
Calochortus kennedyi
Summary 5
Calochortus kennedyi is a North American species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common name desert mariposa lily.
Description 6
Calochortus kennedyi is a perennialherb which produces a slender, unbranching, sometimes twisting stem up to 50 centimeters tall, but generally shorter. There is a basal leaf 10 to 20 centimeters long which is waxy in texture and withers at flowering.
The inflorescence consists of 1 to 6 erect bell-shaped flowers in a loose cluster. Each flower has three sepals and three petals which are usually spotted at the bases. The petals may be 5 centimeters long and are yellow, orange, or red in color.
The fruit is an angled, striped capsule up to 6 centimeters in length.
Fontes e Créditos
- (c) Jim Morefield, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), enviado por Jim Morefield
- (c) Christian Schwarz, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Christian Schwarz
- (c) Rich Hoyer, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), enviado por Rich Hoyer
- Sem direitos reservados, enviado por Kyle Nessen
- Adaptado por Jeny Davis de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calochortus_kennedyi
- (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calochortus_kennedyi
Mais informações
- BioDiversity4All taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Calflora
- CalPhotos
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Jepson eFlora
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- World Flora Online
