White Fairy Lantern/White Globe Lily (Calochortus albus)

4/17/05 "Fairy Lane" section of Vernal Pool Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Riverside County, CA 

 4/30/05 Roadside near Cachuma Creek, Happy Canyon Road, Figueora Mountain Recreation Area, Los Padres National Forest, Santa Barbara County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: White Fairy Lantern / White Globe Lily

SPECIES: Calochortus albus

FAMILY: Liliaceae (Lily Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/17/2005

LOCATION: Observed during CNPS (Riverside-San Bernardino Chapter) trip with Tom Chester and Katie Barrows. "Fairy Lane" section of Vernal Pool Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Stem 20–80 cm, branched

Leaves: basal 30–70 cm, persistent

Inflorescence: flowers 2–many, nodding

Flower: perianth ± closed at tip, ± oblong; sepals 10–15 mm, appressed to petals; petals 20–25 mm, white to pink, ± elliptic, sparsely ciliate, hairs above nectary slender, nectary ± depressed, with several fringed membranes 1/3–2/3 petal width

Fruit nodding, 25–40 mm, winged

Seed irregular, dark brown

Ecology: Common. Shady to open woodlands, scrub

Elevation: 0–2000 m.  

Bioregional distribution: n&c Sierra Nevada Foothills, Central Western California, Western Transverse Ranges, n Channel Islands.Plants with deep rose flowers from sw SnFrB and n SCoRO have been called var. rubellus Greene. Hybridizes with  C. monophyllus.