Gunnison's Mariposa Lily, Rocky Mountain Mariposa Lily, Calochortus gunnisonii 🤍

Mariposa is Spanish for butterfly, and these sweet beauties are also found fluttering through summer meadows 🤍 The species of mariposa lily found here along Colorado's Front Range is Gunnison's Mariposa, sharing a name with the Gunnison River, and the leader of a railroad expedition through the Black Canyon. She is also called sego, or seego (or sikoo), Shoshone for edible bulb; in Ute, si'go or siyoo 🤍 Her bulbs can be roasted or boiled, or dried, then ground and cooked into a soup or porridge 🤍 Her petals vary from white to purple, and her home is in the foothills and mountain meadows 🤍

This is a 12 x 18” poster print of my original painting, Gunnison’s Mariposa Lily. Printed in rich color on thick cardstock, it’s ready for a standard-size frame, or to be tacked or taped in your favorite poster space.

All poster prints are shipped in a recyclable cardboard tube box through USPS First Class Mail.