Calflora Taxon Report
Calochortus palmeri S. Watson
Palmer's mariposa lily, Strangling mariposa
Calochortus palmeri is a perennial herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.
Alternate Names and Sources:
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Potential Range Plant Characteristics Location Suitability
Observations: ~306 records Add an Observation to Calflora Search for Calochortus palmeri
Name Status:
Accepted by: JEPS + PLANTS + POWO
Calflora Category:
angiosperm
Jepson eFlora section:
monocot
USDA PLANTS group:
Monocot
Wetlands:
Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands
Habitat:
meadows
Communities:
Yellow Pine Forest, Chaparral, wetland-riparian

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External links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page USDA Plant Profile Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH2) Integrated Taxonomic Info System (ITIS) International Plants Names Index (IPNI)
CalPhotos (UC Berkeley) iNaturalist PlantID.net Calscape (CNPS)

[Wikipedia] Range, Varieties: Calochortus palmeri is a species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common names Palmer's mariposa lily and strangling mariposa. It is endemic to California, where it is distributed in the Transverse Ranges and Peninsular Ranges of Southern California (Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Kern, Riverside, and San Diego Counties). There is also a report of an isolated population in the Diablo Range in San Benito County. Varieties Calochortus palmeri var. munzii. Munz's mariposa lily - rarer of the two, and known only from the Peninsular Ranges in Riverside and San Diego Counties. Calochortus palmeri var. palmeri. Palmer's mariposa lily native to the Transverse Ranges. formerly included Calochortus palmeri var. dunnii, now called Calochortus dunnii (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

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