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Species: Sego Lily (Calochortus nuttallii)
Habitat: Dry, open sagebrush foothills and valleys, open ponderosa pine stands and pinyon-juniper woodlands
Location: Nageezi, New Mexico
Public Land: Lybrook Badlands Fossil Area, Bureau of Land Management
Description: In the stark beauty of the badlands, where sunbaked earth and sculpted stone stretch for miles, sego lilies rise in quiet defiance. Their ivory petals, etched with soft purples and golds, bloom en masse across the cracked soil, transforming a harsh, rugged landscape into a tapestry of elegance and light. Each blossom is a small miracle—graceful and fleeting. When sego lilies bloom together, they soften the land’s sharp edges, offering a moment of delicate abundance in a place shaped by time, wind, water and silence.
The common name "sego lily" is believed to be derived from a Shoshone language word for the species, "sikoo." Others say it derives from a Ute word “sago.” Native tribes taught the Mormon immigrants to use the bulb for badly needed food. It’s now the state flower of Utah. Anything that survives in the Lybrook badlands being torn to pieces for oil and gas development has a special place in my heart.
For more on that read my article in New Mexico Magazine.
Fine art print on acid free, 100% cotton, bright or warm white, textured surface, archival quality paper. For more about papers I use click here.
Species: Sego Lily (Calochortus nuttallii)
Habitat: Dry, open sagebrush foothills and valleys, open ponderosa pine stands and pinyon-juniper woodlands
Location: Nageezi, New Mexico
Public Land: Lybrook Badlands Fossil Area, Bureau of Land Management
Description: In the stark beauty of the badlands, where sunbaked earth and sculpted stone stretch for miles, sego lilies rise in quiet defiance. Their ivory petals, etched with soft purples and golds, bloom en masse across the cracked soil, transforming a harsh, rugged landscape into a tapestry of elegance and light. Each blossom is a small miracle—graceful and fleeting. When sego lilies bloom together, they soften the land’s sharp edges, offering a moment of delicate abundance in a place shaped by time, wind, water and silence.
The common name "sego lily" is believed to be derived from a Shoshone language word for the species, "sikoo." Others say it derives from a Ute word “sago.” Native tribes taught the Mormon immigrants to use the bulb for badly needed food. It’s now the state flower of Utah. Anything that survives in the Lybrook badlands being torn to pieces for oil and gas development has a special place in my heart.
For more on that read my article in New Mexico Magazine.
Fine art print on acid free, 100% cotton, bright or warm white, textured surface, archival quality paper. For more about papers I use click here.