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Calochortus elegans, elegant cat's ears, star tulip
small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears; southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana
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Calochortus kennedyi, desert mariposa tulip
mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico
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Calochortus luteus, yellow mariposa tulip
mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges
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Calochortus macrocarpus, 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
