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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]

Calochortus coeruleus
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Genus:	Calochortus
Species:	C. coeruleus
Binomial name
Calochortus coeruleus (Kellogg) S.Wats.[2][3][4][5]
Synonyms[6]
Calochortus caeruleus common misspelling[7][8] Cyclobothra coerulea Kellogg[9] Cyclobothra elegans Torr.[10][11] 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.[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]

References

External links

• Media related to Calochortus coeruleus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Calochortus coeruleus at Wikispecies
• Calflora database: Calochortus coeruleus (blue star tulip)
• Jepson eFlora (TJM2) Treatment of ''Calochortus coeruleus
  • Archived: Jepson Manual (TJM93) Treatment of Calochortus coeruleus
• USDA Plants Profile for Calochortus coeruleus (beavertail grass)

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