Calochortus apiculatus

Calochortus apiculatus
Two Medicine Lake in
Glacier National Park, Montana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Calochortus
Species: C. apiculatus
Binomial name
Calochortus apiculatus
Baker

Calochortus apiculatus is a North American species of flowering plants in the lily family.[1][2]

Distribution

Calochortus apiculatus is native to western Canada (Alberta and British Columbia) and the northwestern United States. Most of the US specimens are from the northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho, Montana, and Washington, but there are reports of isolated populations in the Black Hills of Crook County, Wyoming.[3][4]

Description

Calochortus apiculatus is a bulb-forming perennial herb producing a single stalk up to 30 cm tall. Flowers are pale yellow with purple streaks and yellow hairs on the petals.[5]

References

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