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Noun: desert mariposa tulip
  1. Mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion, orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico
    - Calochortus kennedyi

Derived forms: desert mariposa tulips

Type of: mariposa, mariposa lily, mariposa tulip

Part of: Calochortus, genus Calochortus