Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Calochortus persistens is a rare North American species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common name Siskiyou mariposa lily. It is native to northern California and southern Oregon. Calochortus persistens grows at about nine sites scattered on the Gunsight-Humbug Ridge in Siskiyou County, California, and in one population of just a few individuals on Bald Mountain near Ashland in Jackson County, Oregon.

Plant type

Perennial herb, Geophyte

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Color

Pink, Yellow

Water

Low, Very Low