Chad wrote: >>We regularly hike in the San Jose - Almaden Quicksilver area and St. Josephs Hill near Lexington reservoir . Especially this last weekend there were hundreds of white Calochortus (venustus ?) and a few yellow (luteus?). Check out the gland (the hairy nectary at the base of the petal) on the white ones. If it's square, they're probably C. venustus. If it's crescent or V-shaped, they're probably C. argillosus. Around Almaden I've found only argillosus, with a wide variety of gloriously complicated markings in pink and yellow. I've seen plants that looked like C. venustus in the east hills (Mt. Hamilton). Hope that's useful. Mike San Jose, CA