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Photos
©Nicky Davis
1. On a hill along the road
to Birch Creek Reservoir, Rich County, Utah - 26
June 2016
2.
May 16, 2005 - near Arches National Park, Grand
County,
Utah - 3.May
30, 2004 - Near
Promontory Point, Box Elder County, Utah -
Description
Plants
up to a foot high and are topped with flowers
nearly 3 inches across. Each petal has
velvety patches
of
dark maroon and yellow at the base. It has
yellow hairs at the top of
these patches. Sparse leaves are lance
shaped.
Other
Utah
State Flower. March
18, 1911, the Sego Lily was named the Utah
State Flower. From
1840
and 1851" food became very scarce in Utah due to
a crop-devouring
plague
of crickets, and families learned to
dig for and to eat the Sego Lily. The memory of
this use, quite as
much
as the natural beauty of the flower, it was
selected as the floral
emblem
of the State. The bulbs can be eaten raw,
fried or baked but it
is
illegal to dig the lilies.
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