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Calochortus luteus
Yellow mariposa lily is a California native bulbous perennial with bright deep yellow, bowl-shaped flowers. It is grown in gardens and restoration projects, and it does best with dry summers and good drainage.
Calochortus luteus, the yellow mariposa lily, is a mariposa lily endemic to California.
Calochortus luteus is used in landscape design, with "non-habitat sourced" bulbs available from native plant nurseries and societies, to grow as an ornamental plant in gardens and for restoration projects.
This species is found on coastal prairie, grasslands and some open forest floors. Its range is along the coastal ranges from region to the northern Santa Barbara County Channel Islands and mainland, Northwestern California, the Sacramento Valley, and the Sierra Nevada foothills from there to the Tehachapi Mountains.
Diogenes' lantern · Elegant mariposa lily · Sego lily · Mariposa lily
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calochortus luteus 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.
