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In Sawtooth Wilderness, Idaho
Scientific classification
Genus:	Calochortus
Species:	eurycarpus
Synonyms
Calochortus nitidus var. eurycarpus (S.Watson) Hend. Calochortus parviflorus Nutt. ex Baker Calochortus euumbellatus A.Nelson Calochortus umbellatus A.Nelson 1912, illegitimate homonym not Alph. Wood 1868

Calochortus eurycarpus (white mariposa lily) is a North American species of flowering plant in the lily family. It is native to the western United States: Montana, Idaho, eastern Oregon, western Wyoming, northeastern Nevada (Box Elder County) and southeastern Washington (Asotin County + Garfield County).

Calochortus eurycarpus is a bulb-forming perennial with straight stems up to 50 cm tall. Flowers are white or pale lavender (or rarely pink) with a conspicuous reddish-purple blotch on the inside of each petal.

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