Hovering over an image will enlarge it and point out features (works better on desktop than on mobile).
A camera indicates there are pictures.
A speaker indicates that a botanical name is pronounced.
A plus sign after a Latin name indicates that the species is further divided into varieties or subspecies.
Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 26 taxa in the family Liliaceae, Lily family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
Common Name: Indian Cucumber-root
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Medeola virginiana FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Medeola virginiana FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Medeola virginiana 041-04-001 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Moist forests, usually with acidic soils
Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare in GA Coastal Plain) (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Bluebead-lily, Clinton's Lily, Yellow Clintonia, Yellow Bead Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Clintonia borealis FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Clintonia borealis FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Clintonia borealis 041-05-001 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Spruce-fir forests, northern hardwood forests, less commonly in red oak forests, cool rocky seepages
Common in NC Mountains (historically in GA, but not recently seen)
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Speckled Wood-lily, White Clintonia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Clintonia umbellulata FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Clintonia umbellulata FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Clintonia umbellulata 041-05-002 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Red oak and other oak forests, mesic to dry ridges and slopes, less commonly in northern hardwood forests, generally at lower elevations than C. borealis, though the two species can co-occur
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Prosartes lanuginosa FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Prosartes lanuginosa FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Disporum lanuginosum 041-08-001 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Deciduous forests, especially coves
Common in Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Spotted Mandarin, Nodding Mandarin
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Prosartes maculata FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Prosartes maculata FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Disporum maculatum 041-08-002 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Nutrient-rich deciduous forests, especially cove forests
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Rosy Twisted-stalk, Eastern Rose Mandarin, Eastern Twisted-stalk
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus FAMILY: Liliaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus FAMILY: Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Streptopus roseus 041-09-001 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Moist forests at high elevations, especially spruce-fir and northern hardwoods forests
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA Mountains
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Clasping Twisted-stalk, White Mandarin, Pagoda-bells
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Streptopus amplexifolius var. amplexifolius FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Streptopus amplexifolius var. amplexifolius FAMILY: Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Streptopus amplexifolius 041-09-002 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Moist forests and seepages at high elevations
Rare
Native to North Carolina
Common Name: American Trout Lily, Dogtooth Violet, Adder's Tongue, Yellow Trout-lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erythronium americanum ssp. americanum FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erythronium americanum ssp. americanum FAMILY: Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erythronium americanum 041-26-001 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Moist bottomland or slope forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks
Rare in Carolinas
Native to the Carolinas
Common Name: Harper's Trout Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erythronium americanum ssp. harperi FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erythronium americanum ssp. harperi FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Moist forests
Rare
Native to Georgia
Common Name: Beaked Trout Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Erythronium rostratum FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erythronium rostratum FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Moist bottomland or slope forests
Native: south central US
Common Name: Southern Appalachian Trout Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. monostolum FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. monostolum FAMILY: Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erythronium americanum 041-26-001? FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: High elevation coves, slopes, and grassy balds, moist forests
Uncommon (endemic to the high Mountains of NC & TN; it approaches the VA border)
Native to North Carolina
Common Name: Dimpled Trout Lily, Dogtooth Violet
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erythronium umbilicatum ssp. umbilicatum FAMILY: Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erythronium americanum 041-26-001? FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Moist bottomland or slope forests, or in rather dry upland habitats
Common in Mountains & Piedmont, uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: White Trout Lily, Blonde Lilian, White Fawnlily
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Erythronium albidum FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erythronium albidum FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Rich, mesic forests, over calcareous substrates or in very nutrient-rich alluvial soils
Rare
Native north and west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Eastern Wood Lily, Appalachian Wood Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lilium philadelphicum var. philadelphicum FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lilium philadelphicum var. philadelphicum FAMILY: Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lilium philadelphicum 041-32-001 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Grassy balds, moist to wet meadows (especially in thin soils over rock), open woodlands, limestone barrens
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Pine Lily, Catesby's Lily, Leopard Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lilium catesbyi FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lilium catesbaei FAMILY: Liliaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lilium catesbaei var. catesbaei 041-32-002 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, sandhill seeps
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Gray's Lily, Roan Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lilium grayi FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lilium grayi FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lilium grayi 041-32-003 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Bogs, seepages, grassy balds, moist forests, and wet meadows, at medium to high elevations
Rare
Native to North Carolina
Common Name: Canada Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lilium canadense FAMILY: Liliaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Lilium canadense ssp. canadense FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lilium canadense 041-32-004 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Wet meadows, clearings, coves, seepages
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Turk's-cap Lily, Lily-royal, Superb Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lilium superbum FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lilium superbum FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lilium superbum 041-32-005 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Cove forests and moist forests, moist ravines, blackwater stream swamps, Coastal Plain bogs
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Michigan Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lilium michiganense FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lilium michiganense FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Wet prairies and calcareous hardwood flatwoods
Rare
Native to Georgia
Common Name: Carolina Lily, Michaux’s Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lilium michauxii FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lilium michauxii FAMILY: Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lilium michauxii 041-32-006 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Dry upland forests, ridges, slopes, and ridges
Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Sandhills Lily, Sandhills Bog Lily, Fire Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lilium pyrophilum FAMILY: Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS National Database: Lilium iridollae FAMILY: Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO THESE PLANTS) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lilium michauxii 041-32-006? FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Peaty seepage bogs in the fall-line Sandhills
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Formosa Lily, Taiwanese Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lilium formosanum FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lilium formosanum FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Roadsides
Rare
Non-native: east Asia
Common Name: Tiger Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lilium lancifolium FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lilium lancifolium FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, old homesites, disturbed areas, trash heaps
Waif(s)
Non-native: Asia
Common Name: Easter Lily, November Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lilium longiflorum FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lilium longiflorum FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Fields and other disturbed areas, persistent and rarely spreading from cultivation
Rare
Non-native: east Asia (s. Japan & Ryukyu Islands)
Common Name: Philippine Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lilium philippinense FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lilium philippinense FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): 041-32-XX FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, escaped from cultivation
Rare
Non-native: Philippines
Common Name: Toad Lily, Japanese Toad Lily, Hairy Toad Lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Tricyrtis hirta FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tricyrtis hirta FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, persistent or weakly spread from horticultural use
Non-native: Asia
Your search found 26 taxa. You are on page PAGE 1 out of 1 pages.