Biology:Lilium canadense
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| Canada lily[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
| Tribe: | Lilieae |
| Genus: | Lilium |
| Species: | L. canadense
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| Binomial name | |
| Lilium canadense | |
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Lilium canadense, commonly called the Canada lily,[3][4] wild yellow-lily, or meadow lily, is a native of eastern North America.[5] Its native range extends from Ontario to Nova Scotia south to Georgia and Alabama. It is most common in New England, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Canadian Maritimes.[6] It is also cultivated as an ornamental in Europe and other places.[7]
Flowers emerge in June. They are nodding (hanging downward), yellow, orange or red, often with darker spots. The plant has become less common in urban and suburban areas due to heavy browsing by the white-tailed deer.
Description
These plants usually live in moist meadows and wood margins. They can grow up to 0.5–1.5 m (1.6–4.9 ft) with yellow, orange or red flowers 50–75 mm 50–75 mm (2.0–3.0 in) wide which emerge between June and July.
Culinary uses
The flower buds and roots traditionally gathered and eaten by North American indigenous peoples.[8]
Conservation status in the United States
It is listed Rare in Indiana , as Exploitably Vulnerable in New York (state), and as Threatened in Rhode Island and Tennessee .[9]
Canada lily in Maine
Red Canada lily
Lilium canadense L., Batiscan River banks, Quebec, Canada
References
- ↑ illustration from "A selection of Hexandrian plants, belonging to the natural orders Amaryllidae and Liliacae from Zeichnungen" by Mrs. Edward Bury, Liverpool; painted by R. Havell, circa 1870
- ↑ "Lilium canadense". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://wcsp.science.kew.org/qsearch.do?page=quickSearch&plantName=Lilium%2Bcanadense.
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ "Lilium canadense". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LICA3. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ Skinner, Mark W. (2002), "Lilium canadense", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 26, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101728
- ↑ "Lilium canadense", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Lilium%20canadense.png
- ↑ "Alpine Garden Society". http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/plant-portraits/Lilium+canadense/61/.
- ↑ "Boreal Forest, Faculty of Natural Resources Management, Lakehead University, Lilium canadense, Canada Lily". http://www.borealforest.org/world/herbs_shrubs/canada_lily.htm.
- ↑ "Lilium canadense". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=lica3.
External links
- Blanchan, Neltje (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
- Native Plant Database profile, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin
- Illinois Wildflowers
- Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society
- Connecticut Botanical Society
Wikidata ☰ Q1723444 entry
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