Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Liliales > Liliaceae > Calochortus > Calochortus eurycarpus

Calochortus eurycarpus (white mariposa lily)

Synonyms: Calochortus euumbellatus; Calochortus nitidus var. eurycarpus (homotypic); Calochortus parviflorus (homotypic); Calochortus umbellatus (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Calochortus eurycarpus (white mariposa lily) is a North American species of flowering plant in the lily family. It is native to the western United States: Montana, Idaho, eastern Oregon, western Wyoming, northeastern Nevada (Box Elder County) and southeastern Washington (Asotin County + Garfield County). Calochortus eurycarpus is a bulb-forming perennial with straight stems up to 50 cm tall. Flowers are cream-colored or pale lavender with a conspicuous reddish-purple blotch on each petal.
View Wikipedia Record: Calochortus eurycarpus

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve II 2196863 Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0