Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lilium philadelphicum var. philadelphicum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
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
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-32-001:
Lilium philadelphicum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
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.
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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 (11/30/12):
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) 041-32-001:
Lilium philadelphicum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
837
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Rare
Look for it on grassy balds, moist to wet meadows (esp in thin soils over rock), open woodlands, 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
Middle & upper leaves in whorls of 4-9, lower leaves alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Orange
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3, perianth widely campanulate
6 long-exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p352
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p448
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p164
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p362
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p418
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p010