Calochortus coeruleus

Calochortus coeruleus,[2][3][4] 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.[11]

Calochortus coeruleus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Calochortus
Species:
C. coeruleus
Binomial name
Calochortus coeruleus
Synonyms[5]
  • Calochortus caeruleus common misspelling[6][7]
  • Cyclobothra coerulea Kellogg[8]
  • Cyclobothra elegans Torr.[9][10]
  • Calochortus maweanus Leichtlin ex Baker
  • Cyclobothra maweama (Leichtlin ex Baker) Tubergen
  • Calochortus coeruleus var. maweanus (Leichtlin ex Baker) Jeps.
  • Calochortus coeruleus var. fimbriatus Ownbey

Description

The plant is endemic to California. It is found only in the North California Coast Ranges, Southern Cascade Range, and Northern Sierra Nevada.[12]

Calochortus coeruleus is a distinctive plant bearing flowers with light blue spade-shaped petals covered in brushlike hairs.[12]

Taxonomy

The botanical name Calochortus caeruleus is not accepted, being an orthographic variant (misspelling) of Calochortus coeruleus.[1][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]

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