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|accepted_name=Calydorea coelestina
|accepted_authority=(W. Bartram) Goldblatt & Henrich
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard.
|place=78: 510. 1991
|year=1991
}}
|common_names=Celestial-lily;Bartram’s ixia
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Ixia coelestina
|authority=W. Bartram
|rank=species
|publication_title=Travels Carolina,
|publication_place=155, unnumbered plate. 1791
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Beatonia coelestina
|authority=(W. Bartram) Klatt
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Marica coelestina
|authority=(W. Bartram) Ker Gawler
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Salpingo-stylis coelestina
|authority=(W. Bartram) Small
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sphenostigma coelestina
|authority=(W. Bartram) R. C. Foster
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Trichonema coelestina
|authority=(W. Bartram) Sweet
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Calydorea;Calydorea coelestina
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Calydorea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Calydorea coelestina]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 399
|treatment_page=page 401
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>slender, 15–30 cm. <b>Bulbs</b> dark brown, 12 mm diam. <b>Stems</b> simple, rarely 1-branched. <b>Leaves</b> 3–4; basal leaves usually 2, blade narrowly lanceolate to linear, ca. 1/2 stem, 1–3 mm wide; cauline leaves 1(–2), distalmost often entirely sheathing, shorter than basal. <b>Rhipidia</b> usually 1–2-flowered; outer spathe 24–36 mm, inner (33–)40–55 mm. <b>Tepals</b> blue, lanceolate-ovate, ± equal, outer whorl slightly larger than inner, 24–32 × 14–17 mm; filaments distinct, ca. 3.5 mm; anthers 6–7 mm; ovary conic, often included in spathes, ca. 4 mm; style 10–12 mm; branches 3, flat, less than 2 mm. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, 7–12 mm. <b>Seeds</b> ca. 2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 28.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mostly May–Jul.
|habitat=Pine flatwoods
|distribution=Fla.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Calydorea coelestina</i> blooms well only after a fire. The flowers open at sunrise and last about three hours. The species is rare, but not currently threatened. A single collection from Camden County, southern Georgia (Schallert s.n., UC) requires confirmation.</p>
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name=Calydorea coelestina
|authority=(W. Bartram) Goldblatt & Henrich
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Beatonia coelestina;Marica coelestina;Salpingo-stylis coelestina;Sphenostigma coelestina;Trichonema coelestina
|basionyms=Ixia coelestina
|family=Iridaceae
|phenology=Flowering mostly May–Jul.
|habitat=Pine flatwoods
|distribution=Fla.
|reference=None
|publication title=Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard.
|publication year=1991
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_824.xml
|genus=Calydorea
|species=Calydorea coelestina
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