Calochortus coeruleus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Liliaceae |
Genus: | Calochortus |
Species: | C. coeruleus
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Binomial name | |
Calochortus coeruleus | |
Synonyms [11] | |
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Calochortus coeruleus, [3] [4] [5] often misspelled as Calochortus caeruleus, [6] is a bulbous plant of the lily family. It is known by the common name beavertail grass or blue star tulip. [12]
The plant is endemic to California. It is found only in the North California Coast Ranges, Southern Cascade Range, and Northern Sierra Nevada. [13]
Calochortus coeruleus is a distinctive plant bearing flowers with light blue spade-shaped petals covered in brushlike hairs. [13]
The botanical name Calochortus caeruleus is not accepted, being an orthographic variant (misspelling) of Calochortus coeruleus. [2] [6] Watson in coining the name in 1875 spelled it "caeruleus" but he also cited Kellogg's 1863 name Cyclobothra coerulea as basionym. [7] [8]
Calochortus coeruleus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Liliaceae |
Genus: | Calochortus |
Species: | C. coeruleus
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Binomial name | |
Calochortus coeruleus | |
Synonyms [11] | |
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Calochortus coeruleus, [3] [4] [5] often misspelled as Calochortus caeruleus, [6] is a bulbous plant of the lily family. It is known by the common name beavertail grass or blue star tulip. [12]
The plant is endemic to California. It is found only in the North California Coast Ranges, Southern Cascade Range, and Northern Sierra Nevada. [13]
Calochortus coeruleus is a distinctive plant bearing flowers with light blue spade-shaped petals covered in brushlike hairs. [13]
The botanical name Calochortus caeruleus is not accepted, being an orthographic variant (misspelling) of Calochortus coeruleus. [2] [6] Watson in coining the name in 1875 spelled it "caeruleus" but he also cited Kellogg's 1863 name Cyclobothra coerulea as basionym. [7] [8]