Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lilium canadense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Canada Lily from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Skinner in FNA (2002) summarizes efforts to separate two taxa at varietal or subspecific rank (see synonymy), based on flower color and leaf shape. The variation seems to defy taxonomic division. There has also been considerable confusion between L. canadense var. editorum (the red-flowered form) and L. grayi, with populations in sw. VA showing some intergradation between the two; these are best treated as L. ×pseudograyi Grove. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium canadense ssp. canadense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lilium canadense
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Lilium canadense
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lilium canadense ssp. canadense
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lilium canadense ssp. editorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Lilium canadense
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-32-004:
Lilium canadense FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lilium canadense
COMMON NAME:
Canada Lily
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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 the flower axis, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_canadense_editorum
May
Anthers 5-10mm long, exserted to fully included within the perianth when viewed from the side, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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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 (the red-flowered form) and L. grayi, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm0507h_02
July Pocahontas County WV
Roadside
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Penny Longhurst pen_20190722_123827
July Somerset County ME
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Penny Longhurst pen_20190722_123843
July Somerset County ME
The variation in flower color and leaf shape seems to defy taxonomic division, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Penny Longhurst pen_20190722_131607
July Somerset County ME
Leaves lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, not broader distally, alternate and whorled, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lilium canadense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium canadense ssp. canadense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lilium canadense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Lilium canadense
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lilium canadense ssp. canadense
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lilium canadense ssp. editorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Lilium canadense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-32-004:
Lilium canadense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lilium canadense
833
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet meadows, clearings, coves, seepages, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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 (Midgley, 1999) p192
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p112
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p352
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p195
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p447
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p164?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p036
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p360?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p416?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p011
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