Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Nevada.
Habitat: Dry open forests, hillsides, grasslands and sagebrush, low to moderate elevations.
Flowers: May-July
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bees, beetles
Perennial herb from a deep-seated bulb, the stem erect, stout, unbranched, 2-7 dm. tall.
Leaves linear, concave-convex, reduced upward, becoming strongly involute and curled at the tip.
Umbels 1-3 flowered; flowers large, lavender to white, erect, each petal with a median green stripe; sepals 3, longer than the petals, narrowly lanceolate, pointed; petals 3, obovate, moderately bearded above the gland; gland triangular-oblong, surrounded with a broad, fringed membrane, and densely covered with slender processes; stamens 6, style tapered, stigma trifid, persistent.
Capsule linear-lanceolate, 3-angled, pointed.
Publication: Trans. Hort. Soc. London. 7: 276, plate 8. 1828.
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var. macrocarpus – sagebrush mariposa lily
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Nevada. -
var. maculosus – sagebrush mariposa
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Calochortus macrocarpus in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Calochortus macrocarpus checklist entry
OregonFlora: Calochortus macrocarpus information
E-Flora BC: Calochortus macrocarpus atlas page
CalPhotos: Calochortus macrocarpus photos
