| NOUN | plant | desert mariposa tulip, Calochortus kennedyi | mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems |
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| Meaning | mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico. | |
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| Synonym | Calochortus kennedyi | |
| Member of | Calochortus, genus Calochortus | large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs |
| Broader | mariposa, mariposa tulip, mariposa lily | Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals |
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