Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lilium michiganense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium michiganense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Lilium michiganense
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Lilium superbum
COMMON NAME:
Michigan Lily
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_lilium_michiganense
June Floyd County GA
Chubby anthers and a red style are among its distinguishing characteristics, per Lilies in the Wild and in the Garden (Drake, 2014).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lilium michiganense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium michiganense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Lilium michiganense
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Lilium superbum
3735
Forb
Habitat: Wet prairies and calcareous hardwood flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 5-20 usually, upper sometimes alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Orange/ Reddish
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 long-exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Lilies in the Wild and in the Garden (Drake, 2014) p036
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p195
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p362
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p417
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