Calochortus eurycarpus S.Watson is a plant in the Liliaceae family, order Liliales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Calochortus eurycarpus S.Watson

Calochortus eurycarpus S.Watson

Calochortus eurycarpus, the white mariposa lily, is a bulb-forming perennial lily native to the western United States.

Family
Genus
Calochortus
Order
Liliales
Class
Liliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Calochortus eurycarpus S.Watson

Calochortus eurycarpus, commonly called white mariposa lily, is a North American flowering plant species belonging to the lily family. It is native to the western United States, where it occurs in Montana, Idaho, eastern Oregon, western Wyoming, northeastern Nevada's Box Elder County, and southeastern Washington's Asotin and Garfield counties. This species is a bulb-forming perennial herb that produces straight stems reaching up to 50 centimeters in height. Its flowers are white or pale lavender, rarely pink, with a distinct reddish-purple blotch on the inner surface of each petal.

Photo: (c) Evan M. Raskin, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Evan M. Raskin · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Liliales Liliaceae Calochortus

More from Liliaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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