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| − | + | Calochortus Nuttallii, Torr. & Gray. Sego Lily. Stem erect and stiff, 1-2 feet, bulb-bearing at base, usually with only 1 cauline leaf, 1-5-flowered: sepals ovate-lanceolate, often dark-spotted; petals 1-2 inch long, white tinged with greenish yellow or lilac, with a purplish spot or band above the yellow base and hairy about the gland; anthers obtuse. Dak. and Neb. to Calif. and New Mex., having the widest range of any calochortus.—There are no more exquisitely beautiful flowers than these sego lilies (the Mormon name) of the Great Basin. Most of them are plants of the sage-brush deserts. The leaves are an ashy green, the foliage scant, but the great flowers are wonderful in tintings. There are shades in blue, pink, lilac, and yellowish; also white. | |
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Read about Calochortus Nuttallii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Calochortus Nuttallii, Torr. & Gray. Sego Lily. Stem erect and stiff, 1-2 feet, bulb-bearing at base, usually with only 1 cauline leaf, 1-5-flowered: sepals ovate-lanceolate, often dark-spotted; petals 1-2 inch long, white tinged with greenish yellow or lilac, with a purplish spot or band above the yellow base and hairy about the gland; anthers obtuse. Dak. and Neb. to Calif. and New Mex., having the widest range of any calochortus.—There are no more exquisitely beautiful flowers than these sego lilies (the Mormon name) of the Great Basin. Most of them are plants of the sage-brush deserts. The leaves are an ashy green, the foliage scant, but the great flowers are wonderful in tintings. There are shades in blue, pink, lilac, and yellowish; also white. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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