SCARLET MARIPOSA 
Calochortus kennedyi Porter 
Scarlet mariposa is one of the most brilliant representatives of the 
genus Calochortus. Its vivid color 1s accentuated by the contrasting 
dark purple gland on the lower part of each petal. These mariposas, 
of which there are many species, greatly diversified as to the shape 
and color of their flowets, ate very abundant in the foothills and on 
the mountain slopes of Arizona and California. Some of them extend 
far southward into the mountains of Central Mexico. The genus is 
one of the most characteristic western American representatives of 
the Lily Family. 
This species has a rather narrow range in Nevada, Arizona, and 
southern California. 
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