{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Calochortus splendens.jpg |genus = Calochortus |species = splendens |authority = Dougl. ex Benth. |synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=301776 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> |synonyms = * ''Mariposa splendens'' <small>(Douglas ex Benth.) Hoover</small> * ''Calochortus splendens'' var. ''atroviolaceus'' <small>(Wallace) Purdy & L.H.Bailey</small> * ''Calochortus splendens'' var. ''ruber'' <small>Purdy & L.H.Bailey</small> * ''Calochortus splendens'' var. ''major'' <small>Purdy</small> * ''Calochortus davidsonianus'' <small>Abrams</small> }}
'''''Calochortus splendens''''' is a North American species of mariposa lily known by the common name '''splendid mariposa lily'''.<ref name=r/><ref>Douglas, David 1835. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, series. 2 1(5): 411–412, plate 15, figure A</ref><ref name=gigi/>
''Calochortus splendens'' is native to coastal mountains and valleys of California and Baja California, as far north as Lake County. It is found in various habitats, including chaparral and woodland.<ref name=r>[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=1306 Calflora taxon report, University of California @ Berkeley, ''Calochortus splendens'' Benth. splendid mariposa, splendid mariposa lily ]</ref>
==Description== ''Calochortus splendens'' is a thin-stemmed lily with few leaves.<ref name=gigi>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101494 Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 122, 133 ''Calochortus splendens'' Douglas ex Bentham]</ref>
It bears flowers singly or in inflorescences of up to four. Each flower is ringed with smaller, ribbonlike, curling bracts. The bowl-shaped flowers are of varying shades of purple, often lavender, with a spot of darker purple at the base of each petal. The flower may have plentiful white hairs in the center and bright purple pollen.<ref name=gigi/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=1306 Calflora Database: ''Calochortus splendens'' (Splendid mariposa lily)] *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=16759 Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Calochortus splendens''] *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CASP USDA Plants Profile for ''Calochortus splendens'' (splendid mariposa lily)] *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Calochortus+splendens UC Calphotos gallery: ''Calochortus splendens''] {{Commons category|position=left|Calochortus splendens}} [[File:2012.05.20 splendid Mariposa lily, Calochortus splendens,Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, CA 089ccc.jpg|thumb|left|Splendid Mariposa lily (''Calochortus splendens''),<br/>Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, California.]]
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splendens Category:Flora of California Category:Flora of Baja California Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands<!---U.S./MX ecoregion---> Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Category:Natural history of the Transverse Ranges Category:Plants described in 1835 Category:Taxa named by George Bentham Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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