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Sego lily        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Identifying wildflowers can be a challenge, especially if they are not collected, but I think this is the sego lily (Calochortus nuttalli), a plant of the Great Basin and the state flower of Utah.   There are some other fairly similar Calochortus species, so I'm not completely sure.   These were photographed in Bryce Canyon National Park in southwestern Utah.
              other attractive Calochortus are C. eurycarpus, C. concolor, C. palmeri, C. kennedyi, C. splendens, C. weedii, and my favorite, C. plummerae.

  • Canon 1D4; Sigma 150 mm macro lens, some with ringflash (2014)