Wood Lily, Mountain Lily - Lilium philadelphicum
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Lilium philadelphicum - Wood Lily, Mountain Lily. has quite widespread distribution in the United States and Canada. While it is common in the high mountains of the Rocky Mountains in the western part of its range, it is rare in the more eastern part of the range. Protected due to rarity in Arizona, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland (Extirpated,) New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Tennessee.
The plant featured on this page was photographed at one of only three known populations of the plant in Georgia, along a road in Cloudland Canyon State Park. Roadsides are among its common habitats, along with meadows, open woods, thickets, dunes, and tallgrass prairies.
Found in:
AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY
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| | Site: Cloudland Canyon State Park, Dade County, GA Date: 2013-June-21 | Photographer: Gerald C. Williamson
Nikon D7000
Tamron SP 90MM f/2.8 AF Macro | | Lilium philadelphicum has 6 tepals, as is typical of Liliaceae. They may be shades of red through orange, or occasionally yellow. The tepals can be up to 3 inches long narrow dramatically at their base. The stamens and pistil are strongly exserted. | | 
| | Site: Cloudland Canyon State Park, Walker County, GA Date: 2013-June-21 | Photographer: Gerald C Williamson
Nikon D7000
Tamron SP 90MM f/2.8 AF Macro | | Wood Lily grows up to about 3 feet tall, and usually has a large, solitary flower atop the glaucous stem, although there may be as many as five flowers on a single stem. The leaves may be scattered along the stem, but there is usually at least one whorl, and may be up to 5 whorls of leaves. | | Click on the photo for a larger image
| | Site: Cloudland Canyon State Park, Walker County, GA Date: 2013-June-21 | Photographer: Gerald C Williamson
Nikon D7000 | | The tepals of Wood Lily have yellow to orange nectar guides with maroon spots. | | Click on the photo for a larger image
| | Site: Cloudland Canyon State Park, Walker County, GA Date: 2013-June-21 | Photographer: Gerald C Williamson
Nikon D7000 | | While the leaves of Lilium philadephicum may be scattered along the stem, there are usually at least one and up to five whorls of leaves. There may be just a few leaves in the whorl - maybe a partial whorl - although norm is more, up to 11 leaves. | | Click on the photo for a larger image
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