MICHIGAN LILY
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Lilium michiganense Farw.
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| [=Lilium canadense L. subsp. michiganense (Farw. ) B. Boivin & Cody] |
| (Craig Freeman photo) |
| Perennial |
| Height: 28-80 inches |
| Family: Liliaceae - Lily Family |
| Flowering Period: June, July |
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| Also Called: | | Prairie lily. | | Stems: | | Erect, simple. | | Leaves: | | Cauline, mostly whorled, 3-12 per node, sometimes 1-2 at distal nodes, sessile; simple; parallel-veined; blades lanceolate to elliptic, 1.6 to 6 inches long, .24 to .8 inch wide, margins entire. | | Inflorescences: | | Terminal, racemose, 1-10-flowered. | | Flowers: | | Pedicels spreading, ascending, or erect, 4.2 to 8 inches. Flowers usually nodding; tepals 6, orange to reddish orange or yellowish orange, usually purple- or brown-spotted, petal-like, lanceolate, 2 to 3.6 inches long, .5 to .8 inch wide, strongly reflexed; stamens 6, distinct, prominently exserted; pistil 1; stigma 3-lobed. | | Fruits: | | Capsules, subcylindric to ovoid, 1.2 to 2 inches long, .6 to 1.2 inch wide; seeds brown, flat, .25 to .4 inch. | | Habitat: | | Mesic tallgrass prairies and oak-hickory woodlands. | | Distribution: | | East 1/5 of Kansas | | Origin: | | Native | | Comments: | | Plants from bulbs. A horizontal rhizome produced annually as an offshoot of the bulb terminates in a new bulb, allowing plants to form colonies. |
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