Plain Mariposa Lily (Calochortus invenustus)

6/15/03 Ernie Maxwell Scenic Trail, San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside County, CA

6/15/03 Ernie Maxwell Trail.

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Plain Mariposa Lily

SPECIES: Calochortus invenustus

FAMILY: Liliaceae (Lily Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 6/15/2003

LOCATION: Ernie Maxwell Scenic Trail, Idyllwild area, San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Stem 20–50 cm, slender, generally simple; base bulblet-bearing

Leaves: basal 10–20 cm, withering; upper carline inrolled

Inflorescence ± umbel-like; flowers 1–6, erect; bracts 2–5 cm

Flower: perianth bell-shaped; sepals 20–30 mm; petals 20–40 mm, white or tinged lilac, sometimes purple-spotted below nectary, green-striped outside, sparsely short-hairy near nectary, nectary small, round, slightly depressed, encircled by fringed membrane, densely short-branched-hairy

Fruit erect, 5–7 cm, angled

Ecology: Dry soil, generally granitic, generally in montane coniferous forest

Elevation: 1500–3000 m.  

Bioregional distribution: c High Sierra Nevada, Tehachapi Mountain Area, se San Francisco Bay Area, South Coast Ranges, Southwestern California 

Horticultural information: DFCLT.