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The Sego lily is the official state flower of Utah. It was officially adopted March 18, 1911.
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On March 18, 1911 the State Legislature officially declared the Sego Lily the official state flower of Utah. The Mormon Pioneers, the first non-Native Americans to settle the Great Salt Lake Area, experienced a shortage of food from 1840-1851. Crickets had destroyed many of the crops in between those years, forcing the pioneers to find.
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Utah's official state flower is the sego lily, a Native American sacred plant. Sego is a Shoshonean word that means "edible bulb.". Ordinarily, sego lilies thrive in places with desert-like conditions and often bloom from around May and June. The sego plant comes in about seven variations. The first is the white flower species which shows.
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• The sego lily — the state flower — symbolizes peace. • 1847 is the year the Latter-day Saint Pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley. • 1896 is the year Utah was admitted as the 45th state in the Union (January 4, to be exact). Fun fact: The original Utah flag, adopted in 1896, had similar imagery but was a simple white-on-blue design.
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Search Submit Clear State Flag & Seal State Motto Wildlife State Animal: Rocky Mountain Elk State Fish: Bonneville Cutthroat Trout State Insect: Honey Bee State Bird: California Seagull Plants State Flower: Sego Lily State Tree…
White Wildflowers of Utah, Sego Lily, Utah State Flower, Calochortus gunnisonii,1. May 16, 2005
Students can read excerpts from "The Sego Lily, Utah's State Flower" in the Utah Historical Quarterly 1995, Vol LXIII, no. 1. In the article, historian Brian Cannon discusses how he found that eating thistle bulbs was more prevalent among European settlers in Utah during the winter of 1847-48, than eating sego lily bulbs.
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The Sego Lily is the official state flower of Utah and carries significant meaning and symbolism. It is a sacred plant in Native American legend and derived its name from the Shoshonean word for "edible bulb." The flower thrives in harsh desert-like conditions and blooms in May and June, showcasing its tenacity.
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The optimal time to view Utah wildflowers depends on temperature and elevation. Wildflowers can bloom in Utah anytime between March and September. At higher-elevation meadows, peak season is June, July and August.
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(7) Utah's state emblem is the beehive. (8) Utah's state fish is the Bonneville cutthroat trout. (9) Utah's state flower is the sego lily. (10) Utah's state folk dance is the square dance, the folk dance that is called, cued, or prompted to the dancers and includes squares, rounds, clogging, contra, line, and heritage dances.
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The Official State Flower Of Utah. Sego lilies played a role of historical significance for the state of Utah. Historically, Native Americans knew sego lilies as a strong food source. When early settlers came to the area, they were met with many struggles, including a bad harvest year. Native Americans taught the Mormon pioneers about edible.
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The Utah state flower is scientifically known as the sego lily, or the Calochortus gunnisonii or Calochortus nuttalli. It is popularly known as Mariposa lily, and it is an ornamental plant. What is more, the Calochortus is a genus of a range of 65 species that also include mariposa and sego lilies.
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The sego lily is Utah's official state flower; it was designated as the official Utah flower in 1911. The sego lily is a bulbous perennial plant. The primary reason for selecting this flower as the official flower symbol is the flower's beauty and its historical significance. Historical Significance of Sego Lily Field of Sego lily wildflowers
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Sego Lilies, the Utah State flower. This plant is responsible for staving the hunger of the Mormon pioneers many times. They retained their color to some extent after cooking, thus making a colorful dish. The pioneers of 1848-49 ate the sego lily bulb to help ward off starvation.
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It's been a banner year for our state flower. The sego lily has graced our meadows since early June, now in its late stages at lower elevations. It has generated many stories in our state. Before I launch them, I must compliment it's delicate beauty and love for adverse conditions- the dry, rocky soils in which it's found.