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Lincoln County Airport, Nevada, United States
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Calochortus flexuosus S. Wats. May 1, 2004, Washingon Co., Utah
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Lincoln County Airport, Nevada, United States
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Calochortus ciscoensis Welsh & Atwood (published in 2008). Atriplex corrugata in background/left, Astragalus convallarius in back/right, Squirrel grass in front of lower/smaller flower. . Plants may include a vey faint (as above) or purple slender chevron or it may be completely lacking. Plants are bunched, usually with several flowers per stem (2 or 3 commonly, or 4-5+), long drooping leaves present at the time of flowering. May 28, 2011, 5015 ft., eastern Duchesne Co., Utah
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Calochortus ciscoensis Welsh & Atwood (published in 2008). Plants may include a faint or slender (as above) purple chevron or it may be completely lacking. Plants are bunched, usually with several flowers per stem (2 or 3 commonly, or 4-5+), long drooping leaves present at the time of flowering. May 28, 2011, 5030 ft., eastern Duchesne Co., Utah, growing in a group of 50+ plants, southeast slope, in dense cheatgrass
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Calochortus ciscoensis Welsh & Atwood (published in 2008).May 28, 2011, 5030 ft., eastern Duchesne Co., Utah, growing in a group of 50+ plants, southeast slope, in dense cheatgrass
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Calochortus ciscoensis S.L. Welsh & N.D. Atwood May 20, 1984, Grand Co., Utah (scanned from a slide)This species was first described in 2008 and prior to that was assumed to be a form of C. nuttallii (Utah's state flower) and it is similar to that species. The Cisco sego lily is typically taller (even though C. nuttallii can also be as tall or taller), and usually has 2 or 3 flowers (up to 5) per stem, which usually lack, or mostly lack, the conspicuous crescent or inverted V-shaped purple chevron that is pretty much always characteristic of C. nuttallii. It also grows in bunches or "bouquets" (not particularly well-depicted in the picture above which was taken at the far western edge of its range where the flowers tend to normally be all or mostly white) compared to the more singular appearance that is typical of C. nuttallii. It is also appears to be restricted to certain geologic formations and is thought to be endemic to mainly Grand Co., Utah, but also occurs in Uintah and Duchesne Cos. in Utah, and it appears it occurs in adjoining Colorado (Mesa Co.).Another characteristic is the strong tendency of this species to bloom in great profusion. C. nuttallii can also sometimes be abundant at a given location, but not to the same degree as C. ciscoensis.Flower color ranges from white to lavender/pink/purple. C. nuttallii flowers are always white in northern Utah (and from other reports/descriptions, the same elsewhere in the state) and are almost always described that way by taxonomists, although it is not flower color per se that separates C. ciscoensis but the fact that white and pink flowers commonly occur together in the range of C. ciscoensis and perhaps not like this elsewhere (they can also form pure "white" stands more or less as mentioned) is just another factor leaning towards its recognition. No one factor necessarily distinguishes, but in sum the characters seem to point toward something different and especially given that these characters occur more or less consistently within a restricted range.
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Calochortus ciscoensis Welsh & Atwood (published in 2008). Plants may include a faint or slender purple chevron or it may be completely lacking. Plants are bunched, usually with several flowers per stem (2 or 3 commonly, or 4-5+), long drooping leaves present at the time of flowering. May 28, 2011, 5030 ft., eastern Duchesne Co., Utah, growing in a group of 50+ plants, southeast slope, in dense cheatgrass, Atriplex corrugata. in background.
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Tiburon, California, United States
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Tiburon, California, United States
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Arizona, United States
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Orinda, California, United States
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Orinda, California, United States
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Thompson Falls, Montana
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5/15/07 Thompson Falls, MTWhite and purple Cats Ear
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Orinda, California, United States
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Tucson Mountains, Saguaro National Park West. April 18, 2010.Yes, this is natural color.
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Arizona, United States
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Tucson Mountains, Saguaro National Park West. April 18, 2010
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Danville, California, United States
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Santa Maria Yavesia, Oaxaca, Mexico
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Orinda, California, United States
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Orinda, California, United States
