Species Lilium that originate in North America from N-Z are found on this page.
Other Lilium sections and hybrids are linked below:
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Lilium occidentale is an endangered lily restricted to seeps and bogs of the coastal prairie, scrub, and coniferous forests of Del Norte and Humboldt counties in California and adjacent Oregon. It is pollinated by hummingbirds. Although threatened, it can be grown in cultivation. The first photo by Ron Moodycliffe at a residence in Oregon City, Oregon. The second and third by Ron Parsons were taken from a small population in Humboldt County, CA.
Lilium pardalinum is native to the Pacific Coast (southern Oregon to southern California.) It is a woodland species, often found growing near streams. In the first three photos, taken July 2002, it is growing near the Gualala River in California in exactly that habitat. The fourth photo shows is blooming around the same time growing in a large container in our garden where it gets more water than some of the plants in the ground. Photos by Bob Rutemoeller. The fifth photo, by Ron Parsons, was taken of a plant in the wild, in Shasta County, Oregon, July, 2006.
The following two shots are of a clone obtained in England. They are currently growing in a very compost rich soil in half sun, Cologne, Germany, Zone 8. Photos by Jamie Vande.
The following 6 photos by Darm Crook of plants grown in Hay River NWT. Canada.
Lilium pardalinum 'Giganteum' , also known as 'Red Giant' or the Sunset lily was formerly known as Lilium harrisianum Beane & Vollmer. It has been treated as a large form of Lilium pardalinum or a hybrid between it and Lilium humboldtii. Beane and Vollmer described it from a wild population on the banks of Van Duzen Creek in northern California. It is very tall, from 5 to 7 feet with large beautiful flowers, 3-4 inches wide, that are gleaming carmine-red with brown spots. Unlike most other forms of L. pardalinum that usually form rhizomes which form multiple branches, that rebranch not just in one layer, but up and down as well, this plant forms one long rhizome with densely clustered masses around the main plant stem, all covered in scales. First three photos by Mary Sue Ittner. The last photo, by John Longanecker, is of a plant was grown from seed in a pot in Placerville, El Dorado Co (El 2240' zone 7 banana belt) from seed gathered in El Dorado County.
Lilium pardalinum ssp. shastense , syn. Lilium shastense, syn. Lilium nevadense var. shastense and also known as Shasta Lily is found in wet meadows and along streams in mixed evergreen forests. It occurs in the Sierra Nevada in Plumas, Butte, Trinity and Siskiyou counties north to Oregon. It flowers in summer. Photo from Ron Parsons.
Lilium pardalinum ssp. vollmeri , syn. Lilium vollmeri , grows along watercourses in Del Norte county, California and Josephine County, Oregon. It has unbranched rhizomes. Photos by John Lonsdale. Photo on right by Ron Parsons from a population in the Siskiyou National Forest, Oregon.
Lilium pardalinum ssp. wigginsii , syn. Lilium wigginsii. This lilium will grow up to 120cm (4feet) tall with whorled foliage. The florets are on long pedicels, pendent, fully recurved, yellow with purple to brown light to heavy spotting, and yellow pollen. The photo below from Ron Parsons is from a wild population in Siskiyou County, California.
Photos below from Darm Crook. The last photo shows the stem is of a juvenile plant, first flowering, before any whorls start developing in later years.
Lilium parryi is commonly known as the Lemon Lily. The photos below, by Ron Parsons, are from a population in San Bernardino County, California, taken in late July, 2005. In the wild, the plants grow in meadows and streams in montane coniferous forests of southern California. In cultivation, the bulbs should be kept moist throughout the year.
Lilium parvum is found in various forms and colors in California's Sierra Nevada at elevations from 2500' to 9000'. Photos below were taken by John Longanecker.
Photos below were taken by Ron Parsons from plants growing at various localities in El Dorado County, Ca.
Lilium philadelphicum is found across the northern United States and into Canada, as far North as Ft. McMurry Alberta, from Maine to eastern British Columbia. It is also found in the Southern end of the Alaskan pan handle and on Vancouver Island BC. Canada. The western populations have leaves scattered along the stem, and are separated as var. andinum. The eastern populations (var. philadelphicum) have whorled leaves. This photo from Rodger Whitlock is of a plant grown from seed received as Iris lacustris . It took a number of years from seed before it flowered so a proper identification could by made. The four photos on the left, by Ron Parsons, of plants in Manitoba, Canada.
Lilium philadelphicum var andinum Ker Gawl. Photos by Darm Crook showing some of the diverse colours and forms; it seems no two seedlings of this variety are ever alike. To survive and do well at Hay River NWT. Lilium philadelphicum var andinum needs an alkaline soil, right around a 7.5 pH, well drained, 50/50 high humus sand mix and full sun. Between L. philadelphicum and its variety andinum this lily probably has one of the largest natural geographic growing ranges of all the Lilium species excepting possibly L. martagon and its varieties. So it appears to thrive in nature but is a hard lily to grow in cultivation.
Lilium pitkinense is known from only two populations near Sebastopol, California. It is very similar to L. pardalinum and recent works suggests it may become a subspecies of it. It is distinguished from the other taxa of that species by smaller segments, elliptic leaves, red to orange-brown pollen and magenta anthers. These photos by Bob Rutemoeller illustrate the first bloom for one growing in a container. This plant is smaller and less vigorous than the Lilium pardalinum I grow and have seen in the wild, increasing only slowly instead of rapidly. Photos #3-4 were taken by Ron Parsons of plants in cultivation. Photos #5-7 in the second row were taken by Nhu Nguyen at the UC Botanical Garden.
Lilium rubescens is a native, endemic species found in California. It is commonly known as the Redwood Lily. Photos below are from populations in the wild, by Ron Parsons. Various localities in Mendocino, Humboldt, and Sonoma Counties, California.
Lilium superbum has a wide distribution in eastern North America. This plant, from a commercial source, grows in the garden of Jim McKenney near Washington, D.C. This species still grows wild in this area, although it is as rarely seen in the wild as it is in local gardens. The plant shown is flowering for the first time: mature plants are among the most spectacular of lilies. Photo on left by Wayne Crist. Photo on right by Ron Parsons showing plants in cultivation at the UC Botanical Garden. Photos three to five submitted by Darm Crook of a seedling that took 6 years to first flower in 2010.
Lilium washingtonianum grows from central California to almost the border of Canada on steep forested slopes in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges. Flowers are fragrant, trumpet-shaped, and open white, fading to pink or purple. Photo on left taken at Mount Hood by Ron Moodycliffe, the next two photos by John Longanecker. Two photos on right by Ron Parsons, plants in situ, El Dorado and Butte County, California.
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