Tiburon Mariposa Lily

This June, we're again treated to a perennial beauty on Ring Mountain: the rare and elusive Tiburon Mariposa Lily. This flower inhabits a distinct environmental niche, reserved to serpentine outcrops along the mountain's ridge. Where other plants cannot survive, this lily thrives, sending up multiple blooms amongst serpentine, rock sedum, a native onion and other wildflowers . Be sure to visit Ring Mountain to see a native Californian that blooms nowhere else! Click here for a great trail guide of Ring Mountain.


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