Pronunciation: kal-oh-KOR-tus AL-bus
Common name: Fairy lantern
Family: Liliaceae (Lily)
Habitat: Shaded to open woodlands, rocky places in
brush, chaparral, foothill woodland, yellow pine forest
to 6000'
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Calochortus
2) albus