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White Fairy Lantern

Calochortus albus (Benth.) Douglas ex Benth.

Description

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Stems usually branching, 20–80 cm. Leaves: basal persistent, 3–7 dm; blade linear, flat. Inflorescences 2–many-flowered. Flowers nodding; perianth ± closed at apex, ± oblong; sepals appressed to petals, ovate to lanceolate, 10–15 mm, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals usually white to pink, ± elliptic, 20–25 mm, sparsely ciliate, hairs distal to gland slender; glands ± depressed, proximal ciliate membrane 1/3–2/3 petal width; filaments equaling anthers; anthers oblong, apex obtuse or acute. Capsules nodding, winged, oblong, 2–4 cm, apex obtuse or acute. Seeds dark brown, irregular. 2n = 20.
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Flora of North America Vol. 26: 119, 123 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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Calif.
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Flowering/Fruiting

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Flowering mid spring--mid summer.
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Habitat

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Shaded places in open woods and brush; 0--2000m.
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Synonym

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Cyclobothra alba Bentham, Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. 2, 1: 413, plate 14, fig. 3. 1835; Calochortus albus var. rubellus Greene
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Calochortus albus ( Asturian )

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Calochortus albus,[1] ye una especie de planta melecinal perteneciente a la familia de les liliacees. Ye orixinaria de California hasta'l norte de Méxicu.

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Descripción

Ye una planta yerbácea qu'algama los 20-80 cm d'altor, con tarmu ramificáu. Les fueyes son basales de 30-70 cm de llargor, persistentes. La inflorescencia presenta de dos a munches flores colos pétalos de 20 a 25 mm, de color blancu y rosa. El númberu de cromosomes ye x = 10.


Propiedaes

Utilizar na denomada «terapia floral californiana».

Taxonomía

Calochortus albus describióse por Dougl. ex Benth. y espublizóse en Botanist 2: non. 98. 1838. [2]

Etimoloxía

Calochortus: nome xenéricu que provién del idioma griegu y significa "campera bella", nome que fai referencia a la paecencia de les fueyes y tarmos d'estes plantes colos d'una gramínea o pastio y, coles mesmes, pon de manifiestu'l gran curiosu de les flores.

albus: epítetu llatín que significa "blanca".[3]

Sinonimia
  • Cyclobothra alba Benth., Trans. Hort. Soc. London, II, 1: 413 (1834 publ. 1835).
  • Cyclobothra paniculata Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 20: t. 1662 (1835).
  • Calochortus englerianus Engl., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 318 (1899).
  • Calochortus lanternus Davidson, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 23: 126 (1924).[4]

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Referencies

  1. «A CLOSER LOOK AT GLOBE LILY». Consultáu'l 20 d'abril de 2008.
  2. «Calochortus albus». Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Consultáu'l 11 de mayu de 2013.
  3. N'Epítetos Botánicos
  4. «Calochortus albus». Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Consultáu'l 16 de payares de 2009.

Bibliografía

  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee, y. 2002. Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. Fl. N. Amer. 26: i–xxvi, 1–723.

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Calochortus albus: Brief Summary ( Asturian )

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Calochortus albus

Calochortus albus, ye una especie de planta melecinal perteneciente a la familia de les liliacees. Ye orixinaria de California hasta'l norte de Méxicu.

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