Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lilium philadelphicum var. philadelphicum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Lilium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium philadelphicum var. philadelphicum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Lilium philadelphicum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-32-001:
Lilium philadelphicum FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lilium philadelphicum
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Wood Lily, Appalachian Wood Lily
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_philadelphi_40
June
Flowers erect (not nodding) and tepals narrowed to a slender claw, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_philadelphicum_4
July
Flowers erect, facing upward. Leaves (at least some) whorled or verticillate, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lilium philadelphicum var. philadelphicum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium philadelphicum var. philadelphicum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Lilium philadelphicum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-32-001:
Lilium philadelphicum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lilium philadelphicum
837
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Grassy balds, moist to wet meadows (especially in thin soils over rock), open woodlands, limestone barrens, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Middle & upper leaves in whorls of 4-9, lower leaves alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Orange
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3, perianth widely campanulate
6 long-exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p352
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p197
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p448
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p164
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p362
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p418
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p010
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