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| Lilium philadelphicum var. philadelphicum L. | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||
| Family: | Liliaceae | ||||||||
| Genus: | Lilium | ||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | none | ||||||||
| Common Names: | wood lily eastern red wood lily wild wood lily |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||
| Canada: | east-central Saskatchewan – Manitoba – western Ontario – Quebec | ||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | east-central Saskatchewan; Sturgeon Landing – Bainbridge Hill | ||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Boreal Transition, Mid-Boreal Upland, Mid-Boreal Lowland | ||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | mesic open woods and clearings | ||||||||
| Canada: | dry open woods, thickets, clearings, and grassy meadows | ||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Threatened |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5T4T5 S1 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Lilium philadelphicum var. philadelphicum is threatened because of rarity in Saskatchewan. The populations are almost always locally sparse. No immediate threats are known but are quite possible in the future. | |||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||
| Height: | to 1.2 m | ||||||||
| Roots: | bulbs chunky, scaly | ||||||||
| Stem: | glabrous | ||||||||
| Leaves: | 1 – 5 whorls or partial whorls, leaves 3 – 11 per whorl, narrowly elliptic, sometimes linear or oblanceolate, glabrous | ||||||||
| Inflorescence: | umbellate, 1 – 3-flowered, erect; pedicels 2.5 – 10.5 cm long | ||||||||
| Flowers: | not fragrant; tepals 4 – 8 cm long, 1.6 – 3.2 cm wide, widely campanulate, somewhat recurved, tapering to a long claw at base, reddish-orange, occasionally pale orange, red, or yellow; nectar guides above claws yellow to orange, maroon spotted; stamens strongly exserted, filaments same color as tepals, anthers dull maroon; pollen dark orange, brown, brownish-yellow or yellow; ovary 3-lobed | ||||||||
| Fruits: | capsules 2 – 6 cm long, 3 – 5 times longer than wide | ||||||||
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