A yellow mariposa lily with red nectaries above a background of leaf litter.
Calochortus weedii var. weedii - Weed's mariposa lily
#botany, #Californiaflora, #Calochortus, #cnps.
A yellow mariposa lily with red nectaries above a background of leaf litter.
Calochortus weedii var. weedii - Weed's mariposa lily
#botany, #Californiaflora, #Calochortus, #cnps.
A close-up photo of a flower with three fuzzy, cat-eat-shaped petals and a purple center, growing amid green grass and leaves.
It’s #TellAFriendFriday! Please enjoy this photo of an elegant Mariposa #lily ( #Calochortus elegans). Then RS or send RebeccaLexa.com to someone who may like my #NaturalHistory writing, classes and tours. #BloomScrolling #NativePlants #wildflowers #Oregon #PNW #PacificNorthwest #NaturePhotography 🌿
All ~75 species of Calochortus—including mariposa lilies, globe lilies, and star tulips—are native to western North America and Central America. About 40% grow on or are endemic to serpentine soils, which are especially abundant in California.
#calochortus #wildflowers #californiaendemics #nature
Calochortus luteus also up in the serpentine zones of the Oakland hills right now. Crazy to think of what the serpentine wildflower display must have been like before the Oakalnd hills got developed and homes covered up these highly selective soils #calochortus #oakland #wildflowers
splendid mariposa lily (Calochortus splendens) with California fairy bee (Perdita californica) grown and photographed by Robin Street-Morris
Here's splendid #mariposa lily (Calochortus splendens) and a California fairy #bee (Perdita californica) pollinator. It's the first time this bulb has bloomed in the garden from seed I sowed at least three years ago. Both the #pollinator and plant are Bay Area-ish to Baja natives.
#Calochortus
Calochortus tolmiei, one of many mariposa lilies.
#calochortus
#calochortustolmiei
#mariposalily
#westernwildflower
#bloomscrolling
#spring
Calochortus venustus; gouache and ink.
#botany #botanicalillustration #calochortus #californiawildflowers
So, here's a botanically nerdy quiz. Can anyone tell me why I'd take this particularly angled shot of this species of Mariposa lily (Calochortus)?
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#botany #Calochortus
A white three-petaled lily with a reddish dot on each petal, backed by a yellow wash, and the bottom of the bowl is covered in tiny red flecks. There is a black, long-legged beetle bridging two petals.
The beautiful mariposa lilies are blooming, and this one has a charming friend therein.
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#NativePlants #Calochortus
Composite plate of photos of the variations in color of the aptly named C. multicolor. García-Mendoza, A. J., D. Sandoval Gutiérrez & C. Chávez Rendón. 2023. Una especie nueva de Calochortus (Liliaceae) de Oaxaca, México. Acta Botanica Mexicana 130: e2188. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21829/abm130.2023.2188
Here’s the latest member of the genus, Calochortus multicolor, described from Mexico just last year. Image from García-Mendoza et al. 2023. Una especie nueva de Calochortus (Liliaceae) de Oaxaca, México. Acta Bot Mex 130: e2188 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of two flowers with broad, hairy, pale lavender inner tepals, the bases of which have dark lavender spots.
Calochortus tolmiei. Scott Zona CC BY NC 2.0 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪🌱
Alt: Photo of a flower with three broad inner tepals, pale lavender. The tepal bases are yellow with reddish-brown markings.
Calochortus superbus. Scott Zona CC BY NC 2.0 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a star-shaped flower with pointed tepals. The bases of the tepals are yellow and hairy. The tips are reddish brown. The stamens are large and erect. The anthers are reddish brown.
Calochortus obispoensis, a serpentine endemic. Kevin Bertolero CC BY 2.0 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a yellow flower. The surface of the inner tepals is covered with hairs.
Calochortus monophyllus. John Game CC BY 2.0 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a purple flower with a white center with hairs.
Calochortus macrocarpus. J Brew CC BY-SA 2.0 0 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a bright orange flower with hairs and dark spots in the center.
Calochortus kennedyi. Jim Morefield CC BY-SA 2.0 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪
Photo of three nodding yellow flowers. The inner tepals are fringed.
Calochortus amabilis. Scott Zona CC BY NC 2.0 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a nodding white flower.
I’m taking a break, so this week I’m just posting pretty pictures of Calochortus, a superb genus of nearly 100 taxa from western North America. This is Calochortus albus. Scott Zona CC BY NC 2.0 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪
A new bloom of Yellow Mariposa Lily (Calochortus luteus) near the Sun field station. This lily is a species of the #Liliaceae endemic to California. #calochortus
Splendid mariposa lily, #Calochortus splendens, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park