Calochortus ambiguus

Calochortus ambiguus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Calochortus
Species: C. ambiguus
Binomial name
Calochortus ambiguus
(M.E.Jones) Ownbey
Synonyms[1]
  • Calochortus watsonii var. ambiguus (Ownbey) M.E.Jones

Calochortus ambiguus (Arizona Mariposa lily or doubting mariposa lily) is a perennial plant in the lily family (liliaceae) that grows at higher elevations of the Sonoran Desert regions of Arizona, western New Mexico, southern Utah, and Sonora.[2]:58

Calochortus ambiguus is a bulb-forming herb. Flowers are white or very pale lavender, with a green center and reddish-purple anthers.[3][4]

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688
  3. Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 139 Calochortus ambiguus (M. E. Jones) Ownbey, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 505. 1940.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map


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