What is Sego Lily?
Sego Lily, Calochortus Nuttalia, is wild from the arid parts of the rocky mountains and the southwestern desert areas of the United States. This member of the extensive Lily family is also known as Mariposa Lily. The only stem perennial, usually sets a single cup in the shape of a cup each year. Since 1911 it has been a state flower in Utah. Sego lily blooms in colder periods and thrives in sandy soil. Is a native of northern Dakota and Montana south to Arizona and New Mexico; West over Idaho and Utah; and east to Nebraska. Sego Lily is a cold season, grows and blooms at the end of spring and early summer. After flowering the plant dries rapidly in the warmer part of the year.
The sego ling stems usually grow by 10 to 20 inches (about 25 to 50 cm) high. Normally they are not branched, d each plant is one -off. Grass leaves on average 7 to 10 inches (about 18 to 25 cm) long and two to four of them are found along the stem, while others grow sparsely on the base of the plant.
sego flowers are usually white, but also occur in shades of lavender, purple and lilac. Flowers reach up to 3 inches (about 17.5 cm) across and are composed of three petals with three clamps that are narrower than petals. At the base of each petal, there are yellow and lilac or lavender belts. After flowering the plant, the seed capsules are set, which will later open and release numerous flattened seeds. In general, each plant sets only one flower, but sometimes two or three appears on the same stem.
The plant is sometimes burned with cattle and sheep, but is not an important source of fodder, because the foliage is so thin. Little rodents dig up bulbs for eating sometimes store them for winter. Indian tribes Ute ate the bulbs of Sego Lily and taught early settlers of mormons to find and harvest them. During the lack of food at the age of 40, they provided a much -needed food source for settlers. In 1911 which was cIt was a state legislative with children and the beauty of plants, the state lawmakers with Sego Lily State Utah.