Wasatch Wildflowers: Sego Lily (Calochortus nuttallii)

Ashley Brown
May 27, 2022

Photo: Sego Lily Growing Amongst Gamble Oaks – photo: Ashley Brown

PARK CITY, Utah. — The Sego Lily is Utah’s state flower. The stunning white flowers pop with petals decorated in delicate magenta and golden embellishments.

The Utes call the flower sago and taught Mormon settlers how to eat the bulbs. The plant grows up to 18 inches high, with large flowers between 1 and 2 inches across and grass-like leaves.

Sego lily grows in sagebrush and aspen communities between 3300 and 10000 feet in elevation. Watch for blooms from March through June.

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Ashley is a Utah native, the Wasatch Mountains and mystical red deserts of Southern Utah are her home. Wilderness conservation is a key component to writing and recreation in her life. To fuel her stories and find inspiration she climbs rocks and mountains, snowboards and splitboards, takes journeys into the quiet wilderness, and practices integration into humanmade society through a yogic lifestyle.

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