Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Sego Lily



Utah Sego Lily


The sego lily was chosen as the official state flower of Utah because of its natural beauty and historic significance. The soft, bulbous root was collected and eaten in the mid 1800's by early Mormon pioneers during a crop-devouring plague of crickets.

5 comments:

Ruth Hiebert said...

These are gorgeous flowers.

Bill said...

Very nicely done! I've never seen these before.

diane b said...

So pretty especially covering the red earth and for as far as you can see. Lovely DOF.

Author R. Mac Wheeler said...

Wow

Jeannine H. said...

How would one go about requesting permission to use an image? I am interested in using your sego lilies photo.