Calochortus gunnisonii

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

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
  • Calochortus gunnisonii, Teller County, CO

References
  1. "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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