{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Calochortus luteus MtTam.jpg |image_caption = In flower on Mount Tamalpais |genus = Calochortus |species = luteus |authority = Dougl. ex Lindl. 1833 not Nutt. 1834 |synonyms_ref = <ref name=t/> |synonyms = * ''Cyclobothra lutea'' <small>(Douglas ex Lindl.) Lindl.</small> * ''Mariposa lutea'' <small>(Douglas ex Lindl.) Hoover</small> |}}
'''''Calochortus luteus''''', the '''yellow mariposa lily''', is a mariposa lily endemic to California.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/239468#page/7/mode/1up Douglas, David ex Lindley, John 1833. Edwards's Botanical Register 19: plate 1567 plus two subsequent text pages] full-page color illustration, description in Latin, commentary in English</ref><ref name=t>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=301713 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
==Description== The primarily bright deep yellow flower is 3–5 cm across and perianth bulb-shaped, lined red-brown inside, often also with central red-brown blotch and sparse hair inside.<ref>[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=1290 Calflora taxon report, University of California: ''Calochortus luteus'' (yellow mariposa lily, yellow mariposa)]</ref><ref>[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8461,8487 Jepson Profile of ''Calochortus luteus'']</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101477 Flora of North America: ''Calochortus luteus'']</ref> It is a perennial herb.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin|url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CALU9|access-date=2021-12-21|website=www.wildflower.org}}</ref>
==Distribution== This species is found on coastal prairie, grasslands and some open forest floors.<ref>C. Michael Hogan. 2009</ref> Its range is along the coastal ranges from region to the northern Santa Barbara County Channel Islands and mainland, Northwestern California, the Sacramento Valley, and the Sierra Nevada foothills from there to the Tehachapi Mountains.
==Cultivation== ''Calochortus luteus'' is used in landscape design, with ''"non-habitat sourced"'' bulbs available from native plant nurseries and societies, to grow as an ornamental plant in gardens and for restoration projects.<ref>{{cite book | author=A. Pink| url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11892|title=Gardening for the Million| year=2004 | publisher=Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation}}</ref><ref>C. Michael Hogan. 2009. [http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_information.asp?thingid=97686 ''Yellow Mariposa Lily: Calochortus luteus'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004094242/http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_information.asp?thingid=97686 |date=2011-10-04 }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Calochortus luteus}} *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CALU9 United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile for ''Calochortus luteus''] *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Calochortus+luteus CalPhotos, University of California, Photo gallery — ''Calochortus luteus'']
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luteus Category:Endemic flora of California Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Category:Natural history of the Central Valley (California) Category:Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area Category:Garden plants of North America Category:Plants described in 1833 Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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