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Mount Diablo Fairy Lantern

Calochortus pulchellus

Photo by HemaShah
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Description:

A rare species of flowering plant endemic to California ,restricted to Mount Diablo.The inflorescence is a solitary flower or a cluster of several flowers, which are nodding and usually spherical with all their petal tips touching.

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Calochortus pulchellus - Wikipedia

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