|
Eremocrinum
albomarginatum
(Sand Lily) Semi-desert.
Shrublands, openings. Spring, summer. 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. The Eremocrinum albomarginatum pictured produced 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) Semi-desert.
Shrublands, openings. Spring, summer. |
