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Calochortus nuttallii, also known as the sego lily, is a bulbous perennial plant that is endemic to the Western United States. The common name of sego comes from a similar Shoshone word. It is the state flower of Utah .
Learn how to grow Sego Lily, a native perennial bulb with white to lavender-blue, tulip-like flowers. Find out its hardiness, water needs, soil type, and garden styles.
13 lip 2020 · Learn about the sego lily, a beautiful and edible plant that saved many Utah pioneers from starvation. Discover its history, symbolism, and how to identify and enjoy it in the wild.
Sego lily is a perennial native forb with showy, tulip-like white flowers and edible bulbs. It grows in dry areas of the Rocky Mountain states, the Great Basin, and the western Great Plains.
13 wrz 2023 · Sego lilies, also known as Mariposa lilies, are beautiful and delicate wildflowers that are native plants to the western United States. Sego lilies typically have white petals with some yellow coloring at the center of the flower, sometimes with a spot of purple.
The genus Calochortus includes mariposas (or mariposa lilies) with open wedge-shaped petals, globe lilies and fairy lanterns with globe-shaped flowers, and cat's ears and star tulips with erect pointed petals.
Calochortus are bulbous perennials with long linear basal leaves and shorter stem leaves; erect or nodding, tulip-like flowers in a wide range of colours are carried on branched stems in spring or early summer
