Calochortus albus

Calochortus albus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Calochortus
Species: C. albus
Binomial name
Calochortus albus
Dougl. ex Benth.
Flower detail

Calochortus albus[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] is a species in the genus Calochortus in the family Liliaceae. It is also known by the common names fairy lantern,[1][2][3][5][7] white fairy lantern,[2][4] pink fairy lantern,[2] lantern of the fairies,[6] globe lily,[3][7] white globe lily,[1][2][5] white globe-tulip,[6][9] alabaster tulip,[9] Indian bells,[5][9] satin bells,[5][6][9] snowy lily-bell,[6] and snow drops.[5]

Description

Widespread, variable species, blooming in winter and spring and going dormant after anthesis (flowering period) until the start of the autumn rains.

Habitat

Widespread in shady[1][2][3][4][5] to open[1][4][5] woods and scrub,[1][2][3][4][5] partially shaded grasslands, exposed coastal bluffs,[2] and is often found in rocky places.[2][3] May be found in many plant communities[1][2][3][4] below 5,000 ft[3][4] or 2,000m,[1][2] including foothill woodlands, yellow pine forests,[3] and chaparral.[1][2][3][4]

Range

Present throughout the southern two-thirds of California.[5] May be found in the Sierra Nevada foothills,[1][4][6] southern[1][4] coast ranges,[1][4][6] and peninsular ranges,[1][4] from Baja California,[2] to San Diego[3][6] to the San Francisco Bay Area,[1][6] extending to northern California and the California Channel Islands.[1][3]

Cultivation

Propagation

This species grows from seed only; no bulbils or offsets are formed.[2] Seeds require no treatment to aid germination.[7] When grown from seed, C. albus may be expected to bloom in the 3rd or 4th year.[2]

Hybridizes with Calochortus monophyllus.[1][2]

Etymology

Albus comes from Latin, and means 'white' or 'bright'. Calochortus is derived from Greek meaning 'beautiful grass', a reference to the characteristic grass-like foliage of the genus.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 Baldwin, B. G., D. H. Goldman, D. J. Keil, R. Patterson, T. J. Rosatti, and D. H. Wilken, editors. 2012. "The Jepson Manual: vascular plants of California", second edition. University of California press, Berkeley. ISBN 9780520253124. pp 1380
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 Gerritsen, Mary E. and Ron Parsons, 2007. "Calochortus : Mariposa lilies and their relatives", Timber Press. ISBN 9780881928440. pp 47-51
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 Munz, Philip A. "A Flora of Southern California", copyright University of California Press, Ltd. 1974. ISBN 0520021460. pp 920-923
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Carol Bornstein, David Fross, Bart O'Brien 2007. "California Native Plants for the Garden", Cachuma Press. ISBN 0962850586 (paperback) ISBN 0962850594 (hardcover). pp 211-212
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Spellenberg, Richard. "National Audubon Society Field Guide to Wildflowers: Western Region" copyright 2001 Chanticleer Press, Inc. Punlished by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. First published 1979, second edition published 2001, eighth printing 2010. ISBN 0375402330 pp 575-576
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Parsons, Mary Elizabeth "The Wild Flowers of California", illustrated by Margaret Warriner Buck. Published by Cunningham, Curtiss & Welch, San Francisco 1912. Copyright William Doxey 1897, copyright Mary Elizabeth Parsons 1902, 1906. (no ISBN for this edition) pp 56-57
  7. 1 2 3 4 Emery, Dara E. "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants", 6th edition (printed 2011). Copyright 1988 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. ISBN 0916436039. pp 43
  8. The Plant List: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-301627
  9. 1 2 3 4 "A CLOSER LOOK AT GLOBE LILY". Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  10. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 41, 86

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