''Calochortus nitidus'', the broadfruit mariposa lily, is a
North American species of flowering plants in the
lily family
The lily family, Liliaceae, consists of about 15 genera and 610 species of flowering plants within the order Liliales. They are monocotyledonous, perennial, herbaceous, often bulbous geophytes. Plants in this family have evolved with a ...
native to the northwestern
United States
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''Calochortus nitidus'' is found primarily in northern ]Idaho
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and southeastern Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
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, but isolated populations have been reported from Jackson County in southwestern Oregon
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.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
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Description
''Calochortus nitidus'' is a perennial
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...
herb
In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicina ...
producing an unbranched stem up to about 40 centimeters tall. flowers are lavender with darker purple markings.[Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 129 ''Calochortus nitidus'' Douglas]
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References
External links
Summit Post, Broadfruit Mariposa (''Calochortus nitidus'') Calphotos Photos Gallery, University of California @ BerkeleyTom Nelson, ''Calochortus nitidus'' (broad-fruit mariposa) Wapshilla Ridge Hells Canyon, Idaho. 7/28/11
nitidus
Flora of the Northwestern United States
Plants described in 1849
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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