An illustration of the Sego Lily The Sego Lily, Calochortus nuttallii, is a bulbous perennial which is endemic to the United States. It is the state flower of Utah. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1498x1596, 450 KB) Sego Lily File links The following pages link to this file: Liliaceae Calochortus ...
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Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta...
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Families Alstroemeriaceae Campynemataceae Colchicaceae Corsiaceae Liliaceae Luzuriagaceae Melanthiaceae Philesiaceae Ripogonaceae Smilacaceae Liliales is an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants. ...
Genera Calochortus Cardiocrinum Clintonia Erythronium Fritillaria Gagea Korolkowia Lilium Lloydia Nomocharis Notholirion Scoliopus Streptopus Tricyrtis Tulipa The Liliaceae, or the Lily Family, is an important family of monocotyledons that includes a great number of ornamental flowers as well as several important agricultural crops; the onion has traditionally been classified here...
el de Calochortus del es un género de plantas con bulbo de el cual incluye cerca de 65 especies Colombia británico Guatemala y el este Nebraska. ...
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John Torrey (August 15, 1796 - March 10, 1873) was an American botanist. ...
Asa Gray, Botanist Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 - January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. ...
Shallot bulbs A bulb is an underground vertical shoot that has modified leaves (or thickened leaf bases) that are used as food storage organs by a dormant plant. ...
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Description The Sego Lily has 1 to 4 flowers, each with 3 white petals (and 3 sepals) which are tinged with lilac (occasionally magenta) and have a purplish band radiating from the yellow base. These appear in early summer. Plants are around 15 cm in height and have linear leaves.
Uses The bulbs of this and other Calochortus species were roasted, boiled or made into a porridge by Native Americans and were also used as a food source by the Mormon pioneers in Utah. Currently, it is grown as an ornamental for its attractive tulip-shaped flowers. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Native Americans are the indigenous peoples within the territory that is now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska down to their descendants in modern times. ...
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An ornamental plant is a plant that is grown for its ornamental qualities, rather than for its commercial or other value. ...
State Flower The flower was chosen as the state flower of Utah due to its importance in pioneering times and its "natural beauty". It was formally adopted on March 16, 1911.
Distribution The plant is native to a number of western states including Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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Taxonomy The Sego Lily is a species within the genus Calochortus, in a sub-group generally referred to as Mariposa Lilies. The specific epithet nuttallii , named for the English botanist and zoologist, Thomas Nuttall, was ascribed to the species by the American botanists John Torrey and Asa Gray when it was officially described in 1857. For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ...
el de Calochortus del es un género de plantas con bulbo de el cual incluye cerca de 65 especies Colombia británico Guatemala y el este Nebraska. ...
Thomas Nuttall (January 5, 1786 - September 10, 1859) was an English botanist and zoologist, who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1842. ...
John Torrey (August 15, 1796 - March 10, 1873) was an American botanist. ...
Asa Gray, Botanist Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 - January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. ...
A number of former varieties of Calochortus nuttallii are currently treated as species in their own right as follows:
- var. aureus (S.Watson) Ownbey is currently Calochortus aureus S.Watson
- var. australis Munz is currently Calochortus invenustus Greene
- var. bruneaunis (A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.) Ownbey is currently Calochortus bruneaunsis A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
- var. leichtlinii (Hook.f.) Smiley is currently Calochortus leichtlinii Hook.f.
- var. panamintensis Ownbey is currently Calochortus panamintensis (Ownbey) Reveal
- var. subalpinus M.E.Jones is currently Calochortus leichtlinii Hook.f
Greene is the name of some places in the United States of America: Greene, Iowa, city in Butler County. ...
Joseph Dalton Hooker Dr. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, GCSI , OM , FRS , MD (June 30, 1817 – December 10, 1911) was an English botanist and traveller. ...
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Joseph Dalton Hooker Dr. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, GCSI , OM , FRS , MD (June 30, 1817 – December 10, 1911) was an English botanist and traveller. ...
James Lauritz Reveal (born 1941- ) is a botanist, professor emeritus at the Norton Brown Herbarium, Maryland (see his cv). ...
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