About Calochortus bruneaunis A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
Calochortus bruneaunis A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. is a perennial herb that grows a mostly unbranched stem reaching up to 40 centimeters tall. The basal leaf is narrow, measuring 10 to 20 centimeters long, and it withers away when the plant flowers. The inflorescence holds 1 to 4 erect, bell-shaped flowers. Both the pointed sepals and larger, rounded petals have a base color ranging from white to lilac-tinted. Sepals have a reddish or greenish spot or streak near their bases, while petals have a greenish streak on their outer surface, and an inner base colored yellow, purple, and red. The fruit is a narrow, angled capsule that grows up to 7 centimeters long, containing several flat, yellow seeds. This plant is native to the Great Basin and adjacent areas of the Western United States, ranging from eastern California and Oregon to Montana and Utah. It typically grows in dry sagebrush steppe habitats.
