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mariposa tulip - any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico | ||
mariposa, mariposa lily | ||
liliaceous plant plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber | ||
calochortus, genus calochortus large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs | ||
calochortus elegans, elegant cat's ears, star tulip small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears; southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana | ||
calochortus kennedyi, desert mariposa tulip mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico | ||
calochortus luteus, yellow mariposa tulip mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges |