Mariposa Lily

Arlene Schag
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Mariposa Lily
Mariposa Lily

Mariposa Lily - Calochortus is a perennial California native and endemic plant. It's natural habitat is chaparral. It can be seen blooming from April to August, often with a red-brown petal margin. Sprouts from a bulb.

This individual was found in Encinitas California at Quail Botanical Gardens in an undeveloped zone AKA "tribute" to native Indians ( with a ramshackle teepee of twigs that kids didn't even want to touch) and slight margin of land that probably was too expensive to pave over because it was steep and the parking lot next door was already large enough...

Companion plant in the background is Del Mar Manzanita, a rare native to Southern California that I want to see planted more in the area. I took this photo during a field trip for a Horticulture class at a local community college. I had to sneak away to find most of our overlooked and increasingly rare natives. Unfortunately most the assignments were regarding non-native plants, what is up with that?

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Taken on: July 7, 2010
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Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ5, f/8.0, 1/640 sec, 4.7mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ5
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length: 4.7mm
ISO: 800
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Program AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Spot
White Balance: Auto
Gain Control: High gain up
Saturation: High
Sharpness: Hard
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
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