Calochortus gunnisonii

Calochortus gunnisonii
Calochortus gunnisonii var. gunnisonii
Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Calochortus
Species: C. gunnisonii
Binomial name
Calochortus gunnisonii
S.Watson
Synonyms[1]

Calochortus gunnisonii (Gunnison's mariposa lily) is a North American species of flowering plant in the lily family. It is native to the western United States, primarily in the Rocky Mountains and Black Hills: Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Washington state (Grant County, northwestern Nebraska (Sioux County) and eastern Idaho (Fremont County).[1][2][3]

Calochortus gunnisonii is a bulb-forming perennial with straight stems up to 55 cm tall. Flowers are white to purple with darker purple markings.[4]

Varieties[1]
  • Calochortus gunnisonii var. gunnisonii - most of species range
  • Calochortus gunnisonii var. perpulcher Cockerell - New Mexico

References

  1. 1 2 3 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Watson, Sereno 1871. United States Geological Expolration [sic] of the Fortieth Parallel. Vol. 5, Botany 348, as Calochortus gunnisoni
  3. ↑ gunnisonii.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 140 Calochortus gunnisonii S. Watson


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