Here is a photo of the same species from the San Pedro Annex, where it bloomed just a week or so ago. Photos that I find online have varying degrees of the purple blush at the petal ends to a full blush along the length of the petal. You can see a fine purple tint in the photo above at the petal end. I think that the blush grows along the petal as the flower matures.
Another plant I was happy to find is Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja affinis, most likely), and I saw multiple instances of it. I recently read that it is a parasitic plant that requires the roots of other nearby plants to feed from. That just makes it more interesting to me.
*20 mile circumnavigation of the Palos Verdes Peninsula
Yup, that is a Mariposa lily, and a very pretty one, I love the very contrasting coloring. Interesting that you didn't find others nearby; I haven't seen a lot of them, but the ones I've seen have been in colonies, often with different color variations. Beautiful wherever and however you find them!
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