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Doubting mariposa lily

Calochortus ambiguus

Also called Arizona Mariposa Lily

Doubting mariposa lily
Photo: Bill Bouton from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Safety
Not toxic to cats or dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
S. Utah to SW. New Mexico and Mexico (Sonora)
Climate
temperate

About

Calochortus ambiguus, the Arizona mariposa lily or doubting mariposa lily, is a perennial plant in the lily family (liliaceae) that grows at higher elevations of the Sonoran Desert regions of Arizona, western New Mexico, southern Utah, and Sonora.

Calochortus ambiguus is a bulb-forming herb. Flowers are white or very pale lavender, with a green center and reddish-purple anthers.

Other Calochortus plants

White fairy-lantern · Diogenes' lantern · Purple fairy-lantern · Pointedtip mariposa lily · Clay mariposa lily · Golden mariposa lily · Calochortus balsensis · Calochortus barbatus · Bruneau mariposa lily · Santa Catalina mariposa lily · Calochortus cernuus · Cisco Mariposa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calochortus ambiguus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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