Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Calochortus nuttallii" in English language version.
The Sego Lily brings back memories of the struggle for survival suring the early years of the settlement, when the pioneers were saved by the Shoshone Indians, who taught them to eat the bulb of the native Sego Lily (Calochortus nuttallii).
Sego (seego) is a Shoshoni name for food; and the edible bulb of this flower the Mormons ate and found good.