• Source: Calochortus apiculatus

Calochortus apiculatus is a North American species of flowering plants in the lily family.




Distribution


Calochortus apiculatus is native to western Canada (Alberta and British Columbia) and the northwestern United States. Most of the US specimens are from the northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho, Montana, and Washington, but there are reports of isolated populations in the Black Hills of Crook County, Wyoming.




Description


Calochortus apiculatus is a bulb-forming perennial herb producing a single stalk up to 30 cm tall. Flowers are pale yellow with purple streaks and yellow hairs on the petals.




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Media related to Calochortus apiculatus at Wikimedia Commons
Flora of Eastern Washington and Adjacent Idaho, Eastern Washington University, Calochortus apiculatus Baker - includes color photos
Pacific Bulb Society, Calochortus Species One - includes color photos of several species including Calochortus apiculatus
Mariposa Lilies East of the Cascade Mts., Paul Slichter, The Genus Calochortus - includes color photos

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Calochortus apiculatus
• Calochortus
• List of Canadian plants by family L
• List of monocotyledons of Montana
• List of descriptive plant species epithets (A–H)