Eremocrinum albomarginatum (Sand Lily)
Liliaceae (Lily Family)

Semi-desert.  Shrublands, openings.  Spring, summer.
Corona Arch Trail, Utah, April 13, 2005.

This lovely Lily is found only in southeast Utah and northern Arizona (where it is rare), most often in deep blow-sand areas.  Where you find the gracefully arching leaves of one plant, look around and you will probably find many more plants.  It is common for each Eremocrinum albomarginatum plant to produce about two dozen flowers.

After discovering this plant near the Green River in Utah in 1890, Marcus Jones named this plant Hesperanthes albomarginata in 1891 but then changed the genus name to Eremocrinum in 1893.

"Eremocrinum" is the Greek for "Desert Lily" and "albomarginatum" could refer to the "white margined" flowers and/or the "white-margined" leaves.

Eremocrinum albomarginatum (Sand Lily)
Liliaceae (Lily Family)

Semi-desert.  Shrublands, openings.  Spring, summer.
Corona Arch Trail, Utah, April 13, 2005.

Eremocrinum albomarginatum (Sand Lily)
Liliaceae (Lily Family)

Semi-desert.  Shrublands, openings.  Spring, summer.
Corona Arch Trail, Utah, April 13, 2005.

Range map © John Kartesz,
Floristic Synthesis of North America

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Range map for Eremocrinum albomarginatum