page_title: Calochortus
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Calochortus / Description
caption_attribution_description: Calochortus subalpinus English: Subalpine Mariposa Lily, Mountain Mariposa; Focus stacking (using Helicon Focus).Please see "Other versions" for source images. Viewpoint location: Sunrise Peak Trail 262 Dark Divide Viewpoint elevation: 1515 meter (4969 ft) Location source: Garmin GPSmap 60CSx Location Datum: WGS84
context_page_description: Calochortus is a genus of North American plants in the lily family. The group includes herbaceous, perennial and bulbous species, all native to North America.
  The genus Calochortus includes mariposas with open wedge-shaped petals, globe lilies and fairy lanterns with globe-shaped flowers, and cat's ears and star tulips with erect pointed petals. The word Calochortus is derived from Greek and means "beautiful grass".
context_section_description: Calochortus produce one or more flowers on a stem that arises from the bulb, generally in the spring or early summer. Unlike most other Liliaceae, Calochortus petals differ in size and color from their sepals. Flowers can be white, yellow, pink, purple, bluish, or streaked. The insides of the petals are often very 'hairy'. These hairs, along with the nectaries, are often used in distinguishing species from each other.
  Species
  Calochortus albus white globelily - CA, Baja California
  Calochortus amabilis short lily - CA
  Calochortus ambiguus doubting mariposa lily - UT AZ NM Sonora
  Calochortus amoenus purple globelily - CA
  Calochortus apiculatus pointedtip mariposa lily - British Columbia, Alberta, WA OR ID MT WY
  Calochortus argillosus - CA
  Calochortus aureus golden mariposa lily - UT CO AZ NM
  Calochortus balsensis - Oaxaca, Guerrero
  Calochortus barbatus yellow globe lily - from Chihuahua to Oaxaca
  Calochortus bruneaunis Bruneau mariposa lily - CA OR NV UT ID MT
  Calochortus catalinae Santa Catalina mariposa lily — (threatened by development) CA
  Calochortus cernuus - Morelos
  Calochortus ciscoensis - UT
  Calochortus clavatus clubhair mariposa lily - CA
  Calochortus clavatus var. avius -rare,
  Calochortus clavatus var. gracilis
  Calochortus clavatus ssp. clavatus
  Calochortus clavatus ssp. pallidus
  Calochortus clavatus ssp. recurvifolius — rare
  Calochortus coeruleus beavertail grass - CA
  Calochortus concolor goldenbowl mariposa lily - CA, Baja California
  Calochortus coxii Cox's mariposa lily - OR
  Calochortus dunnii Dunn's mariposa lily  — rare - CA, Baja California
  Calochortus elegans northwestern mariposa lily; star tulip - CA OR WA ID MT
  Calochortus elegans var. elegans elegant mariposa lily
  Calochortus elegans var. nanus
  Calochortus elegans var. oreophilus elegant mariposa lily
  Calochortus elegans var. selwayensis Selway mariposa lily
  Calochortus eurycarpus white mariposa lily - OR WA NV ID MT WY
  Calochortus excavatus Inyo mariposa lily — (threatened by groundwater development) - CA
  Calochortus exilis - Hidalgo
  Calochortus fimbriatus late-blooming mariposa lily  — rare - CA
  Calochortus flexuosus winding mariposa lily - CA NV UT CO AZ NM Baja California, Sonora
  Calochortus foliosus - Michoacán
  Calochortus fuscus - Mexico
  Calochortus greenei Green's mariposa lily  — rare - CA OR
  Calochortus ghiesbreghtii - Mexico, Guatemala
  Calochortus gunnisonii Gunnison's mariposa lily - ID MT WY SD NE CO UT AZ NM
  Calochortus gunnisonii var. gunnisonii
  Calochortus gunnisonii var. perpulcher
  Calochortus hartwegii - Aguascalientes, Nayarit, Jalisco
  Calochortus howellii Howell's mariposa lily - OR
  †Calochortus indecorus Sexton Mountain mariposa lily - OR - extinct
  Calochortus invenustus plain mariposa lily - CA NV
  Calochortus kennedyi desert mariposa lily - CA NV AZ Sonora, Chihuahua
  Calochortus kennedyi var. kennedyi
  Calochortus kennedyi var. munzii
  Calochortus leichtlinii smokey mariposa - CA NV OR
  Calochortus longibarbatus longbeard mariposa lily - CA OR WA
  Calochortus longibarbatus var. longibarbatus —  (threatened by grazing)
  Calochortus longibarbatus var. peckii
  Calochortus luteus yellow mariposa lily - CA
  Calochortus lyallii Lyall's mariposa lily - WA, British Columbia
  Calochortus macrocarpus sagebrush mariposa lily - CA NV OR WA ID MT, British Columbia
  Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
  Calochortus macrocarpus var. maculosus Nez Perce mariposa lily
  Calochortus marcellae - Nuevo León, Coahuila, Tamaulipas
  Calochortus mendozae - Querétaro, San Luis Potosí
  Calochortus minimus Sierran mariposa lily - CA
  †Calochortus monanthus Shasta River mariposa lily — CA (presumed extinct)
  Calochortus monophyllus yellow startulip - CA OR
  Calochortus nigrescens - Oaxaca
  Calochortus nitidus broadfruit mariposa lily - WA OR ID
  Calochortus nudus naked mariposa lily - CA OR
  Calochortus nuttallii sego lily, (state flower of Utah)  - ND SD NE MT ID CO UT NV AZ NM
  Calochortus obispoensis San Luis mariposa lily - CA
  Calochortus palmeri  Palmer's mariposa lily - CA
  Calochortus palmeri var. munzii Munz's mariposa lily
  Calochortus palmeri var. palmeri  — rare
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caption: Calochortus subalpinus
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