Yellow Desert Mariposa
This incredibly yellow member of the lily family was found growing in the grassy hills in rural Santa Cruz County, Arizona on an extremely windy afternoon. It gets its name from the Spanish word for butterfly: mariposa.
- Copyright
- ©2015
- Image Size
- 5214x3476 / 7.3MB
- Keywords
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Angiosperms, Arizona, C. kennedyi, Calochortus, Calochortus kennedyi, Calochortus kennedyi var. munzii, Liliaceae, Liliales, Monocots, Munz's mariposa, Plantae, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, Sonoran Desert, beautiful, beauty, black, bloom, blooming, blooms, blossom, blossoms, botany, brown, bud, color, desert, desert mariposa, desert mariposa lily, flora, flower, flowers, forb, fresh, green, herb, lily, mariposa, monocot, native, natural, nature, perennial, plant, plants, southwest, spring, vine, wild, wildflower, wildflowers, yellow
- Contained in galleries
- Yellow Wildflowers, Liliaceae (Lilies)
