GOLDENBOWL MARIPOSA 



Calochortus davatus Watson 



Growing on a tall stem, its bowl of clear yellow waving in the 

 breeze, what could be more graceful and beautiful than the flower 

 of the goldenbowl mariposa? We are amazed at the variety of color, 

 with endless gradations, in the members of this genus, variations 

 that are increased in number by hybridization. This species exhibits 

 even more strikingly than those previously described the relation 

 of the genus to the tulips of Europe. 



Goldenbowl mariposa is found only in central and southern Cal- 

 ifornia. 



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