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Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata)
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Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata)

General: Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata) is a perennial forb that grows as a few long, narrow, wavy-margined basal leaves and a flowering stalk with large lily flowers. Large, three chambered seed pods persist on the stalk. The plant grows from a bulb.

Desert Lily is a fairly common, occasionally abundant, component of vegetation communities in dry, well-drained sandy areas on desert flats in the Lower Sonoran (Creosote-Bursage Flats) life zone.

Around Las Vegas, look for Desert Lily

Family: Lily (Liliaceae)

Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata) Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata)
Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata) Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata)
Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata) Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata)
Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata) Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata)
Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata) Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata)
Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata) Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata)

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate. Names generally follow the USDA database.
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