Calochortus spatulatus

Calochortus spatulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Calochortus
Species: C. spatulatus
Binomial name
Calochortus spatulatus
S.Wats.

Calochortus spatulatus is a Mexican species of plants in the lily family. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Sonora and Chihuahua south as far as Oaxaca.[1][2][3]

Calochortus spatulatus is a bulb-forming herb up to 40 cm tall, sometimes branched, sometimes not. Flowers are purple, oriented horizontally or sometimes nodding (hanging downward).[4][5]

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Gerritsen, M.E. & Parsons, R. (2007). Calochortus: Mariposa lilies & their relatives: 1-232. Timber press, Inc. Portland, U.S.A.
  3. López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  4. Watson, Sereno 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 267
  5. Painter, Joseph Hannum 1911. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 13(10): 348
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