Calochortus lyallii
Lyall's Mariposa Lily

Family: Liliaceae (Lily family)

Photo taken in the Mad River valley by Entiat, dry open slope

Flowers:

1-3 flowers per stem; white or puplish tinged, usually with a purplish crescent shaped gland; petals less than 3.5 cm, strongly ciliate fringed, innerface generally strongly hairy

Leaves:

linear, basal leaves height less than uppermost flower

Plant:

perennial; usually less than 20 cm tall

Habitat:

sagebrush slopes and open forest

Distribution of species:

east slope of the Cascades, British Columbia to Yakima County, mostly west of the Columbia River

Distribution of genus:

more or less 65 species: Western North America and Central America