Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Lilium canadense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Canada Lily from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium canadense ssp. canadense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Lilium canadense ssp. editorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-32-004:
Lilium canadense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Canada Lily
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_canadense_ed_z
May
Tepals yellow, orange to brick red, acuminate, reflexed 60-120° from flwr axis, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_canadense_editorum
May
Anthers 5-10mm long, exserted to fully included when viewed from the side, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
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JK Marlow jkm0507g_32
July Pocahontas County WV
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0507g_36
July Pocahontas County WV
Roadside
There has been confusion between L. canadense var. editorum & L. grayi, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm0507g_37
July Pocahontas County WV
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0507h_02
July Pocahontas County WV
Roadside
Leaves lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, not broader distally, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Lilium canadense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium canadense ssp. canadense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Lilium canadense ssp. editorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-32-004:
Lilium canadense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
833
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in wet meadows, clearings, coves, seepages , per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 5-11
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow (rarely orange
to red)
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3, perianth somewhat campanulate
6 stamens, fully included to barely exserted
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p192
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p352
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p447
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p164?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p034
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p036
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p360?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p416?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p011