mariposa

1. Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals;
   Southwestern United States and Mexico (synset 112466705)
   is a type of: liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
   subtypes:

   • 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
   • calochortus macrocarpus, sagebrush mariposa tulip - mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California
   belongs to: calochortus, genus calochortus - large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs
   same as: mariposa lily, mariposa tulip

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