Lilium columbianum |
Lilium maritimum |
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Columbia lily |
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Habit | Herbaceous, glabrous perennial from a large, ovoid bulb, the sturdy, unbranched stem 6-12 dm. tall. | |
Leaves | Leaves from whorled to nearly all scattered, lanceolate to elliptic-oblanceolate, 4-10 cm. long and up to 3 cm. broad. |
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Flowers | Flowers 2-20 in a leafy-bracteate raceme on slightly recurved pedicels; tepals 6, 4-6 cm. long and 8-12 mm broad, yellow-orange to reddish-orange, freely spotted with purple or deep red, strongly recurved; filaments 6, slender, long-exerted, slightly exceeding the style. |
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Fruits | Capsule cylindric, 3-4 cm. long. |
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Lilium columbianum |
Lilium maritimum |
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Flowering time | May-August | |
Habitat | Prairies, forest edge, forest openings, and meadows from sea level to to the subalpine. | |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to northwestern Montana.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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