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|accepted_name=Calochortus superbus
|accepted_authority=Purdy ex J. T. Howell
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Leafl. W. Bot.
|place=1: 11. 1932
|year=1932
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Mariposa superba
|authority=(Purdy ex J. T. Howell) Hoover
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Calochortus;Calochortus superbus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Calochortus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Calochortus superbus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 122, 132, 135
|treatment_page=page 134
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>bulbose; bulb coat membranous. <b>Stems</b> 4–6 dm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal withering, 2–3 dm; blade linear. <b>Inflorescences</b> subumbellate, 1–3-flowered; bracts 2–8 cm. <b>Flowers</b> erect; perianth open, campanulate, each member with median brown or purple blotch surrounded by bright yellow zone; sepals lanceolate, attenuate, 2–4 cm; petals white to yellowish or lavender, usually streaked with purple toward base, obovate to cuneate, rounded, 2–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland, apex retuse to obtuse; glands linear, strongly chevron-shaped to weakly lunate, not depressed, densely covered with short hairs; filaments 7–9 mm; anthers lanceolate-linear to oblong, 8–10 mm, apex acute to obtuse. <b>Capsules</b> erect, linear, angled, 5–6 cm, apex acute. <b>2n</b> = 12, 14, 20, 26.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–mid summer.
|habitat=Open slopes, dry meadows or wooded places in valley grassland, foothill woodland, pine forest
|elevation=0–1700 m
|distribution=Calif.
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Calochortus superbus
|authority=Purdy ex J. T. Howell
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Mariposa superba
|basionyms=
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–mid summer.
|habitat=Open slopes, dry meadows or wooded places in valley grassland, foothill woodland, pine forest
|elevation=0–1700 m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Leafl. W. Bot.
|publication year=1932
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Calochortus
|species=Calochortus superbus
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