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Gunnison's Mariposa Lily
Gunnison's Mariposa Lily
Calochortus gunnisonii
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Mountain meadows
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Uncommon

About

Gunnison's Mariposa Lily is a small, colorful flower that blooms on the rocky slopes of the Rocky Mountains. This species is named after the US state of Colorado, and is also known as the Rocky Mountain mariposa or Gunnison mariposa lily.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Liliales
Family
Liliaceae
Genus
Calochortus
Species
Calochortus gunnisonii