# Calochortus pulchellus

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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Calochortus pulchellus.jpg
|genus = Calochortus
|species = pulchellus
|authority = (Benth.) Alph. Wood 1868, not [Dougl.](/source/David_Douglas_(botanist)) ex [Benth.](/source/George_Bentham) 1835 (latter name not validly published)<ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Calochortus+pulchellus&commonname= Tropicos search for ''Calochortus pulchellus'']</ref>
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=k>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=301763 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
|synonyms = * ''Cyclobothra pulchella'' <small>[Benth.](/source/Benth.)</small>
*''Calochortus pulchellus'' <small>[Dougl.](/source/David_Douglas_(botanist)) ex [Benth.](/source/George_Bentham) 1835, not validly published</small>
| status = G2
| status_system = TNC
| status_ref = <ref  name="TNC status 15 may  2022">{{cite web | url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.130497 | title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 }}</ref>
}}

'''''Calochortus pulchellus''''' is a rare species of flowering plant in the [lily family](/source/Liliaceae) known by the common name '''Mt. Diablo fairy-lantern''' or '''Mount Diablo globelily'''.<ref name=k/><ref name=h/>

''Calochortus pulchellus'' is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [California](/source/California), where it is mainly restricted to [Mount Diablo](/source/Mount_Diablo) of the [Diablo Range](/source/Diablo_Range), in [Contra Costa County](/source/Contra_Costa_County%2C_California) of the eastern [San Francisco Bay Area](/source/San_Francisco_Bay_Area).<ref name=jepson>[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=16755 Jepson eFlora (TJM2): ''Calochortus pulchellus'']</ref> There are historical occurrences in the North [California Coast Ranges](/source/California_Coast_Ranges), within [Marin](/source/Marin_County%2C_California), [Solano](/source/Solano_County%2C_California), [Napa](/source/Napa_County%2C_California), and [Humboldt](/source/Humboldt_County%2C_California) Counties.<ref name=h>[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=1303 Calflora taxon report, University of California.: ''Calochortus pulchellus'' Benth. Mount Diablo globelily,  Mt. Diablo fairy lantern ]</ref>

It grows in [chaparral and woodland](/source/California_chaparral_and_woodlands) habitats, currently only known on the bayside−western slopes of [Mount Diablo](/source/Mount_Diablo).<ref name=jepson/>

==Description==
''Calochortus pulchellus'' is a [perennial](/source/Perennial_plant) [herb](/source/Herbaceous_plant) growing a branching stem up to about 30 centimeters tall. The basal leaf is up to 40 centimeters long and does not wither at flowering; there are 2 or 3 smaller leaves higher up the stem.<ref name=jepson/>

The [inflorescence](/source/inflorescence) is a solitary flower or a cluster of several flowers, which are nodding and usually spherical with all their petal tips touching. The three [sepal](/source/sepal)s and three [petal](/source/petal)s are 2 or 3 centimeters long and pale to deep yellow. The petals are thinly hairy inside and often fringed with yellow hairs.<ref name=jepson/>

The fruit is a winged [capsule](/source/Capsule_(fruit)) 2-3 centimeters in length.<ref name=jepson/>

;formerly included<ref name=k/>
*''Calochortus pulchellus'' var. ''amabilis'', now called ''[Calochortus amabilis](/source/Calochortus_amabilis)'' 
*''Calochortus pulchellus'' var. ''maculosus'', now called ''[Calochortus amabilis](/source/Calochortus_amabilis)'' 
*''Calochortus pulchellus'' var. ''parviflorus'', now called ''[Calochortus monophyllus](/source/Calochortus_monophyllus)''

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=1303 Calflora Database: ''Calochortus pulchellus'' (Mount Diablo globelily,  Mt. Diablo fairy lantern)]
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8461,8500 Jepson Manual (TJM93) Treatment of ''Calochortus pulchellus'']
*[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CAPU2 United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile for ''Calochortus pulchellus'' (Mt. Diablo fairy-lantern)]
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101491 Flora of North America, ''Calochortus pulchellus'']
*[http://www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/depart/cd/water/HCP/archive/hcp_nccp_content/hcp_nccp/app_figs/App%20D%20components/APP_D-22a_Mount_Diablo_fairy_lantern_1-18-05.pdf Contra Costa County Report: Mt. Diablo fairy-lantern]
*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Calochortus+pulchellus U.C. Calphotos gallery of ''Calochortus pulchellus'']
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pulchellus
Category:Endemic flora of California
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Natural history of Contra Costa County, California
Category:Mount Diablo
Category:Diablo Range
Category:Taxa named by George Bentham
Category:Endemic flora of the San Francisco Bay Area

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