Calochortus westonii, common name Shirley Meadow Star-tulip, is a rare endemic plant known only from the Greenhorn Mountains in Kern and Tulare Counties, California. It grows in open locations in meadows and woodlands at elevations of 1,500-2,000 m (4,900-6,600 ft). Calochortus westonii is bulb-forming herb attaining a height of up to 15 cm (5. 9 in). Leaves are basal, persistent, and linear, up to 20 cm (7. 9 in) long. Sepals are green, up to 10 mm (0. 39 in) long. Petals are lanceolate, up to 12 mm (0. 47 in) long, with long flexible hairs along the margins.
Calochortus westonii
Written by
in