I'm just glad we aren't talking Rocky Mountain Oysters here! :) On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 12:48 PM, penstemon <penstemon@q.com> wrote: > >On a recent trip to Colorado and the Beartooth and Bighorn ranges in > Wyoming, we saw Calochortus in several places. I'm having trouble > deciding whether these were Calochortus gunnisonii or Calochortus > nuttallii, or one species in one site and the other elsewhere. Both > species are reported to occur where we were, and both are quite > variable. Can anyone advise me about distinguishing characteristics? > Check this out. > http://swcoloradowildflowers.com/White%20Enlarged%… > The band of maroon is apparently diagnostic for C. nuttallii. > Bob Nold > Denver, Colorado, USA > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- The Silent Seed Rare and Unusual plants from around the world. thesilentseed.com