Mariposa Tulip 



This is another favorite flower and is found 

 on valley and on hillside. One driving to 

 Yosemite will often see a sunny mountain 

 slope adorned with these exquisite flowers, 

 white, lilac, yellow, or magenta. They are 

 Nature's chalice of nectar, for the bees, flies, 

 and other insects are always hovering over 

 them. The petals of some mariposas when 

 in full bloom resemble wings and have been 

 named butterfly lilies. 



O dainty nursling of the field and sky! 

 What fairer thing looks up to heaven's blue, 

 And drinks the noontide sun, the dawning's dew ? 

 Thou winged bloom! thou blossom butterfly! 



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