Special thanks to Brooke for suggesting today’s episode topic, Mariposa Lilies. Also, “mariposa” and “lily” have ceased to sound like words to me.

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Information provided by:

https://smmtc.org/plantofthemonth/Mariposa_Lily.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calochortus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpentine_soil

Butterfly Mariposa Lily

Phylogeography and population genetics reveal ring species patterns in a highly polymorphic California lily by Adriana I. Hernández, Jacob B. Landis, & Chelsea D. Specht (2022) [Abstract] https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14313
“Plant Guide: Mariposa Lily” from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA, & National Plant Data Center
https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/calochortus_venustus.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calochortus_venustus

Catalina Mariposa Lily

https://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/plants/Liliaceae/Calochortus%20catalinae.htm
https://smmtc.org/plantofthemonth/Catalina_Mariposa_Lily.php
https://theodorepayne.org/nativeplantdatabase/index.php?title=Calochortus_catalinae

Plummer’s Mariposa Lily

https://messengermountainnews.com/the-rare-plummers-mariposa-lily/
https://lpfw.org/our-region/wildlife/mariposa-lily/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calochortus_plummerae
Causes and correlates of interannual variation in flowering of Calochortus plummerae (Liliaceae) by Kimberlyn Williams, Erica Burck, & Cesar L. Garcia (2021) https://doi.org/10.3120/0024-9637-68.4.360

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