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Doubting Mariposa Lily, Calochortus ambiguus

Doubting Mariposa Lily, Calochortus ambiguus. Photo Taken May 11, 2009. On General Crook Trail Between Camp Verde & Payson, Arizona..
Doubting Mariposa Lily, Calochortus ambiguus. Photo Taken May 11, 2009. On General Crook Trail Between Camp Verde & Payson, Arizona..
Doubting Mariposa Lily, Calochortus ambiguus. Photo Taken May 11, 2009. On General Crook Trail Between Camp Verde & Payson, Arizona..
Doubting Mariposa Lily, Calochortus ambiguus. Photo Taken May 11, 2009. On General Crook Trail Between Camp Verde & Payson, Arizona..
Doubting Mariposa Lily, Calochortus ambiguus. Photo Taken May 11, 2009. On General Crook Trail Between Camp Verde & Payson, Arizona..

Doubting Mariposa Lily Calochortus ambiguus, Lily Family ( Liliaceae ), Doubting Mariposa Lily. Also called False Sego Lily, or Calochortus watsonii var. ambiguus. A forb/herb, perennial of the Liliaceae family. Native to Arizona, Utah, the extreme southwest of New Mexico, and Sonora, Mexico. It has two inch white, grayish, violet, or pink flowers with 3 petals which are round or crescent-shaped, depressed petal glands, and often dark purplish anthers. It has linear leaves and upright, branched stems. The similar species vary in the following ways. C. flexuosus has trailing stems, C. gunnisonii has hairier petals, and C. nuttallii has less branched stems and paler anthers. Calochortus ambiguus is fairly closely related to Calochortus gunnisoni, but it is distinguished by its different distribution, obtuse anthers, and a shorter gland. Height: About 12 - 24 inches. Flowers: Two inch white, grayish, violet, or pink flowers with 3 petals which are round or crescent-shaped, depressed petal glands, and often dark purplish anthers. Inflorescences subumbellate, 1 – 4-flowered. Fruit: Capsules erect, linear-oblong, 3-angled, apex acute. Seeds flat. 2n = 18. Blooming Time: April to June. Leaves: Slender, linear leaves and upright, branched stems. Elevation: 3,609 - 8,860 Feet. Found: Arizona, the extreme southwest of New Mexico, and Sonora, Mexico. Habitat: On rocky open slopes in juniper, pine or oak forests, or in meadows, in clay soils & dry soils. Miscellaneous: Flowering Photos Taken May 11, 2009. On General Crook Trail Between Camp Verde & Payson, Arizona.