BAKER'S MARIPOSA LILY
BAKER'S MARIPOSA LILY
GENESIS NAME: Calochortus apriculatus
DISTRIBUTION: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in the northeast counties of Washington; southeastern British Columbia to northeastern Washington, east to southeastern Alberta, northern Idaho, and western Montana.
SEASON: Flowers June and July
.MEDICAL USE: An infusion of the plant has been taken internally to treat rheumatic swellings and to ease the delivery of the placenta.
POISONOUS: NA
EDIBILITY: Mariposa-lily (Calochortus spp.) Calochortus spp. bulbs are edible raw. bulbs are best when cooked.FEATURES:
LEAVES: Baker Mariposa Lily - Calochortus apiculatus
*Basal Leaf: Flat, broader and usually more than half as long as the stem leaves.
*Anthers: Lanceolate (wider from base to below middle and tapering to the tip) and apiculate (short, sharp tip).
*Sepals: 15-25 mm long.
*Petals: Outside is white, drying yellowish, and serrulate on the margins. Inside the petals are hairy (or strongly bearded), white, and at the base it is yellow with a small (1.5 mm), circular, dark, central gland.
FRUITS: Fruit elliptic, acute, 3-winged, nodding.
DISTRIBUTION: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in the northeast counties of Washington; southeastern British Columbia to northeastern Washington, east to southeastern Alberta, northern Idaho, and western Montana.
SEASON: Flowers June and July
.MEDICAL USE: An infusion of the plant has been taken internally to treat rheumatic swellings and to ease the delivery of the placenta.
POISONOUS: NA
EDIBILITY: Mariposa-lily (Calochortus spp.) Calochortus spp. bulbs are edible raw. bulbs are best when cooked.FEATURES:
LEAVES: Baker Mariposa Lily - Calochortus apiculatus
*Basal Leaf: Flat, broader and usually more than half as long as the stem leaves.
*Anthers: Lanceolate (wider from base to below middle and tapering to the tip) and apiculate (short, sharp tip).
*Sepals: 15-25 mm long.
*Petals: Outside is white, drying yellowish, and serrulate on the margins. Inside the petals are hairy (or strongly bearded), white, and at the base it is yellow with a small (1.5 mm), circular, dark, central gland.
FRUITS: Fruit elliptic, acute, 3-winged, nodding.
DESCRIPTION:
Stem 10–35 cm. Leaf blade 5–18 mm wide. Bracts 2 or more, 1–5 cm long. Flowers 1 to 3; sepals 15–25 mm long; petals white, drying yellowish with serrulate margins; inner surface often yellow basally, hairy with a small, dark circular gland near the base; anthers lanceolate, apiculate. Capsule nodding, ovoid 1–3 mm long.
PHOTO GALLERY
BAKER'S MARIPOSA LILY
THE LONG NARROW LEAVES ARE LUPINE, NOT MARIPOSA LEAVES
