Show STATE the legislature of utah adopted adopt et the a sego lily as italis state flower tit in 1911 it Is described in an inter allig indian legend many many suns ago red lied meu lived hied liv in groat great numbers in tile tho valleys of the he mountains their wealth of grain and meat was a stimulus to greed soon the tomahawk took tho the place ot of the game stick and great was the grief 0 athe tribes tri beis the great spirit grow grew angry with his people und and sent a heat beat over the land which burned all the thea grains and berries the sky became dark daik with larg gargu clouds tor for many moons then one day the sun shone brightly on the hillsides hill sides dotted with willi whito plants when the indians indiana had tasted tile the roots they know knew that the great spirit had saved them thein from death so ao they called the plant the little life plant of the hills or oc sego lily it is said that the pioneers wui wat settled in and developed the grbac state ot of utah found the bulb like root of the sego sega lily edible in tile the long periods between planting and laiu harvesting vesting their llast clr t the sego lily often called taj mariposa Marl posa lily growa at an altitude of about sixty five hundred feet and requires but little litile moisture with i u good drainage three closely related species are found in many of anu rocky mountain states the plant does not grow to be very tall and bears a small cup ka op waxy white with A 41 brown yellow and purple center while the outside of the ahe blossom is veined in an olive green the sego lily is one of the most beautiful of all state flowers and is always admired by the flower lovera goverts in tho the intermountain inter mountain regions |