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Cedars Globe Lily, Cedars globe tulip, Cedars Fairy lantern, or Calochortus raichei
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Calochortus flexuosus S. Wats. May 1, 2004, Washingon Co., Utah
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Calochortus ciscoensis Welsh & Atwood (published in 2008). Plants may include a faint or slender (as above) purple 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, 5030 ft., eastern Duchesne Co., Utah, growing in a group of 50+ plants, southeast slope, in dense cheatgrass
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Tiburon, California, United States
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Orinda, California, United States
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5/15/07 Thompson Falls, MTWhite and purple Cats Ear
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Tucson Mountains, Saguaro National Park West. April 18, 2010.Yes, this is natural color.
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Orinda, California, United States
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Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & GrayJune 13, 2008, Salt Lake County foothills, Utah. Note the singular appearance of the plants, often with a single flower, but even when more or with multiple stems they still appear as separate/singular.
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Orinda, California, United States
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California, United States
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California, United States
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Lincoln County Airport, Nevada, United States
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Calochortus ciscoensis Welsh & Atwood (published in 2008).May 28, 2011, 5030 ft., eastern Duchesne Co., Utah, growing in a group of 50+ plants, southeast slope, in dense cheatgrass
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Arizona, United States
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Calochortus nuttallii, Utah's state flower, occurs in eleven states with its primary distribution however in Wyoming (throughout that state), Utah (mainly the central and eastern half but extending also to the southwestern corner), the western slope of Colorado, and in somewhat of a corridor in Arizona from the northwestern to southeastern portions of that state.Known also as Nuttall's mariposa. Utah's state flower. That designation however does not give it any sort of legal or other protection. It is not a rare species but large amounts of its formerly occupied habitat have been lost. This is also not a species that typically does well in cultivated gardens; mostly it just wants to be left alone.The foothills habitat at this location has been significantly altered since this picture was taken, and relatively little remains as a result of University of Utah expansion including the construction of buildings in lower Red Butte Garden, the expansion of Research Park, and the construction of the Utah Natural History Museum, and the supporting roads and parking structures, and a large amount of ill-advised landscaping (although some occasional areas, mainly those with dense oaks, have been left somewhat intact).June 20, 1982, above what was then the undeveloped portion of Research Park, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.Scanned from a slide.This is the typical expression of the species in northern Utah with leaves that are all or mostly not persistent at the time of flowering, plants erect, low growing, with often a singular large mostly white flower or appearing singular, bright yellow at the base above which on each petal is a prominent dark red or purple chevron with purple blotches/streaks and with pale yellow to golden stamens and pistils.
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California, United States
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California, United States
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Calochortus ciscoensis S.L. Welsh & N.D. Atwood May 20, 1984, Grand Co., Utah (scanned from a slide)This species was first described in 2008 and prior to that was assumed to be a form of C. nuttallii (Utah's state flower) and it is similar to that species. The Cisco sego lily is typically taller (even though C. nuttallii can also be as tall or taller), and usually has 2 or 3 flowers (up to 5) per stem, which usually lack, or mostly lack, the conspicuous crescent or inverted V-shaped purple chevron that is pretty much always characteristic of C. nuttallii. It also grows in bunches or "bouquets" (not particularly well-depicted in the picture above which was taken at the far western edge of its range where the flowers tend to normally be all or mostly white) compared to the more singular appearance that is typical of C. nuttallii. It is also appears to be restricted to certain geologic formations and is thought to be endemic to mainly Grand Co., Utah, but also occurs in Uintah and Duchesne Cos. in Utah, and it appears it occurs in adjoining Colorado (Mesa Co.).Another characteristic is the strong tendency of this species to bloom in great profusion. C. nuttallii can also sometimes be abundant at a given location, but not to the same degree as C. ciscoensis.Flower color ranges from white to lavender/pink/purple. C. nuttallii flowers are always white in northern Utah (and from other reports/descriptions, the same elsewhere in the state) and are almost always described that way by taxonomists, although it is not flower color per se that separates C. ciscoensis but the fact that white and pink flowers commonly occur together in the range of C. ciscoensis and perhaps not like this elsewhere (they can also form pure "white" stands more or less as mentioned) is just another factor leaning towards its recognition. No one factor necessarily distinguishes, but in sum the characters seem to point toward something different and especially given that these characters occur more or less consistently within a restricted range.
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Tucson Mountains, Saguaro National Park West. April 18, 2010
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Calochortus nuttallii (Torr. & Gray). Typical expression of the species, somewhat low, large, often singular flower, appearing singular, prominent chevron/purple blotches in the throat.May 30, 2009, in general vicinity of the base of Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, elev. approx. 4,850 ft.
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California, United States
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Calochortus ciscoensis Welsh & Atwood (published in 2008). Plants may include a faint or slender purple 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, 5030 ft., eastern Duchesne Co., Utah, growing in a group of 50+ plants, southeast slope, in dense cheatgrass, Atriplex corrugata. in background.