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nounany of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico
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- yellow mariposa tulip mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges
- desert mariposa tulip mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico
- calochortus macrocarpus mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California
- sagebrush mariposa tulip mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California
- calochortus luteus mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges
- calochortus kennedyi mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico