Alstroemeria aureaPeruvian lily. From Chile and Argentina despite its common name. Cultivated in areas throughout the world that escape hard freezes . Photographed in a private garden in Berkeley, CA.
2013-03-20 Lower Austria, district Schwechat (just outside the city limits of Vienna)German name: Wald-GelbsternGagea lutea begins its flowering period when those of Galanthus nivalis and Scilla vindobonensis are past their peak of their flowering periods - so usually there's some overlapping, like is the case this year.Der Wald-Gelbstern beginnt erst zu blhen, wenn das Schneeglckerl und der Wien-Blaustern ihren Bltezeit-Hhepunkt bereits berschritten haben - es gibt also blicherweise eine berlappungszeit, und das ist auch heuer wieder der Fall.See also Anemone ranunculoides - siehe auch Gelb-Windrschen.
Calochortus ciscoensis Welsh & Atwood (published in 2008). Atriplex corrugata in background/left, Astragalus convallarius in back/right, Squirrel grass in front of lower/smaller flower. . Plants may include a vey faint (as above) or purple slender chevron or it may be completely lacking. Plants are bunched, usually with several flowers per stem (2 or 3 commonly, or 4-5+), long drooping leaves present at the time of flowering. May 28, 2011, 5015 ft., eastern Duchesne Co., Utah