1. Small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears; southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana
   "Star tulips peeked through the mountain grass";
   - elegant cat's ears, Calochortus elegans

Derived forms: star tulips

Type of: mariposa, mariposa lily, mariposa tulip

Part of: Calochortus, genus Calochortus

Encyclopedia: Star tulip