Lilium canadense Linnaeus. Common name: Canada Lily. Phenology: Jun-Jul; late Jul-Sep. Habitat: Wet meadows, clearings, coves, seepages. Distribution: NB west to s. ON, south to NC, SC, GA, AL, and MS.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Skinner in FNA (2002) summarized 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.
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, FNA26, G, GW1, K4, NE, NS, NY, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Va; > Lilium canadense L. ssp. canadense — Pa, W, Adams & Dress (1982); > Lilium canadense L. ssp. editorum (Fernald) Wherry — Pa, W, Adams & Dress (1982), Wherry (1946); > Lilium canadense L. ssp. typicum — Wherry (1946); > Lilium canadense L. var. canadense — F, WV; > Lilium canadense L. var. editorum Fernald — F, WV. Basionym: Lilium canadense L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Lilium canadense - FNA26
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
- Midwest: FAC
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial from a bulb, found in wet meadows, clearings, coves and seepages.
Stems: Stems unbranched, smooth.
Leaves: Leaves in 6-11 whorls of 4-15 leaves each (a few alternate leaves may be present), linear-elliptic to lance-shaped, sessile, 3-7 in. long, rough with minute spines on margins and the veins beneath.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers 5 or more, nodding on long stalks branching from top of stem; yellow to orange-red with purple-brown spots within; trumpet shaped and consisting of 6 recurved tepals, 6 stamens with red anthers and a central pistil.
Fruits: Fruit an erect, oval, 3-celled capsule.
Comments:
Height: 2-6 ft.
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description: Erect perennial from a bulb, found in wet meadows, clearings, coves and seepages.
stems: Stems unbranched, smooth.
leaves: Leaves in 6-11 whorls of 4-15 leaves each (a few alternate leaves may be present), linear-elliptic to lance-shaped, sessile, 3-7 in. long, rough with minute spines on margins and the veins beneath.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers 5 or more, nodding on long stalks branching from top of stem; yellow to orange-red with purple-brown spots within; trumpet shaped and consisting of 6 recurved tepals, 6 stamens with red anthers and a central pistil.
fruits: Fruit an erect, oval, 3-celled capsule.
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native range: eastern North America
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