Calochortus weedii

Weed's mariposa lily

Family: Liliaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Weed's mariposa lily is a California native perennial found in rocky, open habitats across central California. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces striking cream to yellow flowers with red-brown flecks and margins, each bloom widely bell-shaped and up to 3 centimeters wide with long, dense bordering hairs. Growing 30 to 90 centimeters tall with slender, generally branched stems, it emerges from a fibrous bulb. Its basal leaves extend 20 to 40 centimeters long and wither during flowering, while upper stem leaves become progressively smaller and inrolled. The fruit is an erect linear capsule 4 to 5 centimeters long with angled sides and an acuminate tip.

California counties: San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, Santa Barbara, Butte, Los Angeles, Ventura

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.