Calochortus gunnisonii

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
	Synonymy Calochortus gunnisoni S.Watson ; Calochortus gunnisonii var. krelagei Regel ; Calochortus gunnisonii var. kreglagii Regel ; Calochortus krelagei (Regel) Ortgies ; Calochortus gunnisonii var. immaculatus Cockerell ; Calochortus gunnisonii var. maculatus Cockerell ; Calochortus gunnisonii var. purus Cockerell ;

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

Gallery

Calochortus gunnisonii, Teller County, CO

References

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[s-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] unnisonii.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 140 Calochortus gunnisonii S. Watson

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