Noun: sagebrush mariposa tulip
- Mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California
"Sagebrush mariposa tulips grew among the desert scrub";
- Calochortus macrocarpus
Derived forms: sagebrush mariposa tulips
Type of: mariposa, mariposa lily, mariposa tulip
Part of: Calochortus, genus Calochortus