Sego Lily
Calochortus nuttallii
Sego lily, Utah's state flower, is a Great Basin bulb with chalice-shaped white flowers brushed yellow and purple at the base. A drought-hardy beauty of dry grasslands and sagebrush.
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, yellow, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AZ, CO, ID, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WY
Related native plants
More Calochortus species
- White Mariposa Lily (Calochortus venustus)
- Superb Mariposa Lily (Calochortus superbus)
- Doubting Mariposa Lily (Calochortus ambiguus)