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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Calochortus tolmiei 3.jpg
|genus = Calochortus
|species = tolmiei
|authority = [[William Jackson Hooker|Hook.]] & [[George Arnott Walker-Arnott|Arn.]]
|synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=301784 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
|synonyms =
* ''Calochortus elegans'' var. ''lobbii'' Baker
* ''Calochortus elegans'' Baker 1875, illegitimate homonym not Pursh 1813
* ''Calochortus glaucus'' Regel
* ''Calochortus purdyi'' Eastw.
* ''Calochortus maweanus'' var. ''major'' Purdy
* ''Calochortus maweanus'' var. ''roseus'' Purdy
* ''Calochortus galei'' Peck
}}

'''''Calochortus tolmiei''''' is a [[North America]]n species of flowering plant in the [[Liliaceae|lily family]] known by the common names '''Tolmie's star-tulip''' and '''pussy ears'''.<ref name=o/><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/404463#page/495/mode/1up Hooker, William Jackson & Arnott, George Arnott Walker 1840. Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage 398] short description in Latin, longer description in English</ref> It was discovered by and named for Dr. [[William Fraser Tolmie]].

It is native to the west coast of the [[United States]]: [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], [[Oregon]], and northern [[California]] as far south as [[Santa Cruz County, California|Santa Cruz County]]. It is a common member of the flora in several types of habitat.<ref>[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=1310 Calflora taxon report, University of California @ Berkeley, ''Calochortus tolmiei'' Hook. & Arn. Hairy Star Tulip, Tolmie star tulip, Tolmie's star tulip, White pussy ears ]</ref>

==Description==
''Calochortus tolmiei'' is a [[Perennial plant|perennial]] [[Herbaceous plant|herb]] producing a slender stem, branched or unbranched, to 40 centimeters in maximum height. There is a [[basal leaf]] up to 40 centimeters long which does not wither at flowering, and generally a smaller leaf higher up the stem.<ref name=o>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101499 Flora of North America, ''Calochortus tolmiei'']</ref>

The [[inflorescence]] is a solitary bloom or a cluster of bell-shaped flowers. Each has white to pale pink or purple [[petal]]s, that are up to 2.5 centimeters long, and three narrower [[sepal]]s beneath. The petals are usually very hairy on their inner surfaces, and may be fringed with long hairs as well.<ref name=o/>

The fruit is a winged [[Capsule (fruit)|capsule]] 2 or 3 centimeters long containing several dark brown seeds.<ref name=o/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8461,8507 Jepson Manual Treatment: ''Calochortus tolmiei'']
*[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CATO United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile: ''Calochortus tolmiei'']
*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Calochortus+tolmiei ''Calochortus tolmiei'' — Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California @ Berkeley]

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[[Category:Calochortus|tolmiei]]
[[Category:Flora of the Klamath Mountains]]
[[Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands]]
[[Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges]]
[[Category:Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1840]]
[[Category:Flora of the West Coast of the United States]]
[[Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status]]

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