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Calochortus foliosus is a rare bulbous perennial from the mountains near Morelia in Michoacán, Mexico, with blueish nodding bell-shaped flowers. Little is known about its cultivation; it should be kept dry and cool in winter while dormant and watered in summer.
Calochortus foliosus is a bulbous plant of the lily family. It is sometimes known by the common name leafy cyclobothra and belongs to subsection Purpurei within section Cyclobothra in the genus Calochortus. It occurs in mountainous central Mexico. Little is known about the species aside from the information provided in the original description.
Little to nothing is known about the cultivation of C. foliosus, but it is presumed to be winter dormant. Based on its habitat, it should be watered in the summer and kept dry and cool in the winter.
C. foliosus is known only from the Mexican state Michoacán in the vicinity of Morelia. Its only known locality is in mountainous habitat at an elevation of 2200m. It experiences rain in the summer and cool, dry weather in the winter, during which it is dormant.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calochortus foliosus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
