Calochortus

Calochortus is a genus found in western North America, Mexico, and south to Guatemala. Although some have felt that it has warranted its own family, Calochortaceae, currently more authorities are including it in Liliaceae. The greatest concentration of species is found in California. There are two good sources of information. The first is: Frank Callahan, "The Genus Calochortus," in McGary, 2001 found listed in References. The second is Calochortus, Gerritsen and Parsons, 2007 found listed in References. The authors of this book, Mary Gerritsen and Ron Parsons, have provided a lot of pictures and information that can be found on the species Calochortus wiki pages. In addition, you can view photographs on Mary's Picasa Gallery of Calochortus species and natural hybrids. Hugh MacDonald, former head of the Calochortus Society, has posted a large collection of photos in his Gallery of Calochortus (note that the links in his gallery do not work in Firefox or Chrome). Other information found on those wiki pages was taken from the issues of Mariposa, the newsletter of the Calochortus Society.

How to grow Calochortus

Photos of representatives of the different subsections of Marion Ownbey's section Calochortus
Calochortus amabilis, subsection Pulchelli, Alan Horstmann Calochortus monophyllus, subsection Elegantii, Mary GerritsenPhoto of Calochortus tolmiei, subsection Elegantii, Mary Sue Ittner Calochortus umbellatus, subsection Nudi, Bob Werra Calochortus eurycarpus, subsection Nitidi, Mary Gerritsen Calochortus nitidus, subsection Nitidi, Mary Gerritsen

Photos of representatives of the different subsections of Marion Ownbey's section Mariposa
Calochortus splendens,subsection Venusti, Bob Rutemoeller Calochortus venustus Pinnacles,subsection Venusti, Mary Sue IttnerCalochortus macrocarpus, Subsection Macrocarpi, Mary Gerritsen Calchortus aureus, subsection Nuttalliani, Mary Gerritsen Calochortus kennedyi, subsection Nuttalliani, Carolyn Saarni Calochortus ambiguus, subsection Gunnisoniani, Ron Parsons

Photos of representatives of the different subsections of Marion Ownbey's section Cyclobothra
Calochortus tiburonensis, subsection Weediani, Mary GerritsenCalochortus weedii, subsection Weediani, Bob Rutemoeller Calochortus exilis, subsection Ghiebreghtiani, Mary Gerritsen Calochortus pringlei, subsection Ghiebreghtiani, Mary GerritsenCalochortus balsensis, subsection Barbatii, Mary Gerritsen Calochortus purpureus, subsection Purpurei, Mary Gerritsen

For more information and pictures of the species described on our PBS wiki click on the pages listed below or the species name in the table below.

Calochortus species A-B - Calochortus species C-D - Calochortus species E-Lo - Calochortus species Lu-N - Calochortus species O-R - Calochortus species S - Calochortus species T-U - Calochortus species V-Z - Calochortus hybrids - Calochortus index

Calochortus albus Calochortus amabilis Calochortus ambiguus Calochortus amoenus
Calochortus apiculatus Calochortus argillosus Calochortus argillosus Calochortus aureus
Calochortus barbatus Calochortus bruneaunis Calochortus catalinae Calochortus cernus
Calochortus clavatus Calochortus coeruleus Calochortus concolor Calochortus coxii
Calochortus davidsonianus Calochortus dunnii Calochortus elegans Calochortus exilis
Calochortus eurycarpus Calochortus fimbriatus Calochortus flexuosus Calochortus fuscus
Calochortus 'Golden Orb' Calochortus greenei Calochortus gunnisoni Calochortus hartwegii
Calochortus invenustus Calochortus kennedyi Calochortus leichtlinii Calochortus longebarbatus
Calochortus luteus Calochortus macrocarpus Calochortus mendozae Calochortus monophyllus
Calochortus nigrescens Calochortus nitidus Calochortus nudus Calochortus nuttallii
Calochortus obispoensis Calochortus ownbeyi Calochortus palmeri Calochortus panamintensis
Calochortus persistens Calochortus plummerae Calochortus pringlei Calochortus pulchellus
Calochortus purpureus Calochortus raichei Calochortus simulans Calochortus spatulatus
Calochortus splendens Calochortus striatus Calochortus subalpinus Calochortus superbus
Calochortus syntrophus Calochortus tiburonensis Calochortus tolmiei Calochortus umbellatus
Calochortus umpquaensis Calochortus uniflorus Calochortus venustus Calochortus vestae
Calochortus weedii Calochortus westonii

Calochortus species A-B - Calochortus species C-D - Calochortus species E-Lo - Calochortus species Lu-N - Calochortus species O-R - Calochortus species S - Calochortus species T-U - Calochortus species V-Z - Calochortus hybrids - Calochortus index

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