I presume that this beautiful Calochortus is Bruneau Mariposa Lily (Calochortus bruneaunis). My presumption is based in part on where I found it. If I had seen it a bit farther east, in NW Arizona, I might have guessed C. ambiguus instead. Photographed in Nevada on Mt Charleston between 7000' and 8000' elevation. Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Clark County, Nevada.

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Mariposa-lily in British Columbia (Edibility and Identification)

Sego or Mariposa Lily (Chalochortus nuttallii). Painting by Mary E. Eaton. Taken from 'Our State Flowers' The National Geographical Magazine, June 1917. Wikimedia.

Catalina Mariposa Lily, Calochortus catalinae

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