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Calochortus coeruleus

Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Calochortus coeruleus
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Calochortus coeruleus,[3][4][5] often misspelled as Calochortus caeruleus,[7] is a bulbous plant of the lily family. It is known by the common name beavertail grass or blue star tulip.[12]

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Description

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]

Taxonomy

The botanical name Calochortus caeruleus is not accepted, being an orthographic variant (misspelling) of Calochortus coeruleus.[2][7] Watson in coining the name in 1875 spelled it "caeruleus" but he also cited Kellogg's 1863 name Cyclobothra coerulea as basionym.[8][9]

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