Mariposa lily

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I presume that this beautiful Calochortus is Bruneau Mariposa Lily (Calochortus bruneaunis). My presumption is based in part on where I found it. If I had seen it a bit farther east, in NW Arizona, I might have guessed C. ambiguus instead. Photographed in Nevada on Mt Charleston between 7000' and 8000' elevation. Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Clark County, Nevada.

Mariposa-lily in British Columbia (Edibility and Identification)

Catalina Mariposa lily /calochortus catalinae

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Green-banded Mariposa Lily, Greenband Star Tulip, Sagebrush Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus (Synonyms: Calochortus douglasianus, Mariposa macrocarpa)

Glacier Point Rd. Mariposa County, Yosemite N.P.

Let me start this seasonal update by noting that I Love wildflowers. I mean I really love them. I seek them out every year and I do extensive planning around the timing of the peak blooms of different wildflower locations in the Bend, Oregon area. Yesterday, I drove to Central Oregon’s beautiful Smith Rock State […]

Sego or Mariposa Lily (Chalochortus nuttallii). Painting by Mary E. Eaton. Taken from ‘Our State Flowers’ The National Geographical Magazine, June 1917.

Image of Mariposa Lilly blooms in the Oregon high desert

Winding Mariposa Lily

Resembles Calochortus Luteus: petals white or pale lilac, with a more or less conspicuous reddish spot at top, a brownish-yellow-bordered centre, and a brownish base; gland large, oblong, usually dens...

Calochortus kennedyi var. kennedyi; Desert Mariposa Lily

From a run this week on the Secret Trail in Calabasas, California.

Mariposa Lilies, furled near dusk. Pinnacles National Monument, California. Photo by Gavin Emmons.

Mariposa Lily (Calochortus sp.)

In the days when Chimineas was ranged by Californios, and the Salinas a young sprout dreaming of green wealth, the great Scot David Douglas botanized in the Valley. On stopovers from Monterey and Santa Barbara, he wandered fields and crawled crags for many months in 1830 and 1831. As one of a few highly-educated men for many miles, he was oft-sought as a problem solver, and soon became well respected. No surprise, really - back then botany was heavily steeped in agriculture, and that was…