Mariposa Lilies, Calochortus sp., are one of my favorite flowers to find while I'm out hiking and exploring. Please add any photos that you have taken of these pretty blooms!
The genus name Calochortus is from the Greek calos, "beautiful," and chortos, "grass." Click here for more info from the USDA Plants Database.
"I am in love with this world. I have nestled lovingly in it. I have climbed its mountains, roamed its forests, sailed its waters, crossed its deserts, felt the sting of its frosts, the oppression of its heats, the drench of its rains, the fury of its winds, and always have beauty and joy waited upon my goings and comings."
--John Burroughs
