Sagebrush Mariposa Lily
July 29, 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calochortus_macrocarpus
Last year I didn’t find any Mariposa Lilies – this year the hillside is covered! The cool wet spring and early summer has been good for these delicate flowers.
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Oh how beautiful…and familiar! We have some similar here..long gone now it’s the end of July, but certainly of the same family if not just alike.
BTW, I covet your lovely SS shuttle. How pretty.
I’ve never seen one, the pattern and colours in the center are beautiful. It’s amazing how exquisitely perfect nature is.
I have never seen these before. Beautiful purple!
Thanks for sharing the photos of a lovely flower. I bet seeing a hillside of them just brightened your day.
I haven’t seen one of these pretty little lilies for so many years – thanks for the memories – I have your picture of the bird bills (at least that’s what we called them) on my computer at work so it comes up all the time in my screen saver – such a nice memory of home. T.