The sun beat down, raising a sweet-oniony smell from the hundreds of mariposa lilies in bloom.

It is a perennial herb producing a stem which can be quite tall for a mariposa lily, reaching a meter in height.

Wildflowers include such species as the Yellow Mariposa Lily.

Calochortus palmeri is a species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common name Palmer's mariposa lily.

Rare wildflowers include the alkali mariposa lily.

But Dolly swerved from the road and dashed down a grassy slope yellowed with innumerable mariposa lilies.

Anna turned, exhilarated by the climb, taking in mountain meadows colored extravagant purple by mariposa lilies.

An example native wildflower found here is the Yellow Mariposa Lily, Calochortus luteus.

Among the diverse wildflowers present is the Yellow Mariposa Lily, Calochortus luteus.

Calochortus plummerae is a species of mariposa lily known by the common name Plummer's mariposa lily.