Common Name: LILY FAMILY Habit: Perennial herb from membranous bulb or scaly rhizome. Stem: underground or erect, branched or not. Leaf: basal or cauline, alternate, subopposite, or whorled. Inflorescence: raceme, panicle, +- umbel-like or not. Flower: perianth parts 6 in 2 generally petal-like whorls, often showy; stamens 3 or 6, filaments free or +- fused to perianth, anthers attached at base or near middle; ovary superior or +- so, style 1, entire or 3-lobed. Fruit: capsule or berry. Seed: 3--many, flat or angled, brown to black. Genera In Family: 16 genera, 635 species: northern temperate. Note: Users strongly encouraged to protect plants by working around need to see underground parts in using keys, e.g., by trying both leads in couplets solely dependent on such characters. Muscari botryoides (L.) Mill. an historical waif in California. Other TJM (1993) taxa moved to Agavaceae (Agave, Camassia, Chlorogalum, Hastingsia, Hesperocallis, Hesperoyucca, Leucocrinum, Yucca), Alliaceae (Allium, Ipheion, Nothoscordum), Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis, Narcissus, Pancratium), Asparagaceae (Asparagus), Asphodelaceae (Aloe, Asphodelus, Kniphofia), Melanthiaceae (Pseudotrillium, Stenanthium, Toxicoscordion, Trillium, Veratrum, Xerophyllum), Nartheciaceae (Narthecium), Ruscaceae (Maianthemum, Nolina), Smilacaceae (Smilax), Tecophilaeaceae (Odontostomum), Themidaceae (Androstephium, Bloomeria, Brodiaea, Dichelostemma, Muilla, Triteleia), and Tofieldiaceae (Triantha). North American species of Disporum now in Prosartes. eFlora Treatment Author: Dale W. McNeal, except as noted Scientific Editor: Dale W. McNeal, Thomas J. Rosatti.
Common Name: LILY Habit: Plant from bulb-like, scaly rhizomes (called bulbs here for brevity), generally not clonal, +- glabrous; bulb scale segments 2--many, if segmented. Stem: erect. Leaf: > 12, +- whorled (often some alternate), sessile, spreading with drooping tips to ascending, generally +- elliptic; veins generally 3; stipule 0. Inflorescence: flowers axillary, 1--40+; bracts generally 2 per flower. Flower: generally radial, generally bell- or funnel-shaped; perianth parts 6 in 2 petal-like whorls, +- lanceolate, base narrowed, generally red-purple-spotted adaxially; stamens 6, generally exceeding to much exceeding perianth, anthers attached at middle (measures are after dehiscence); style 1, stigma 3-lobed. Fruit: capsule, erect, generally +- smooth, loculicidal. Seed: many, flat, in 6 stacks. Chromosomes: n=12. Etymology: (Greek: lily) Note: Variable, hybridization common. Many species declining from habitat destruction, collecting; few thrive in gardens. Generally flowers May--Aug. eFlora Treatment Author: Mark W. Skinner Unabridged Reference: Skinner 1988 Ph.D. Dissertation Harvard Univ
Lilium parvum Kellogg
NATIVE Habit: Plant < 1.7 m; bulb spreading-elongate, scales (1)2--3(4)-segmented, longest 1--3.5 cm. Leaf: in 2--5 whorls, 4--15 cm; margin generally not wavy. Inflorescence: flowers 1--26(41), nodding to ascending. Flower: +- bilateral or not, +- funnel-shaped, not fragrant; perianth parts 3.2--4.2 cm (outer wider), +- recurved in distal 33--40%, adaxially light orange to red (+- pink) on distal 40%, lighter near base, uniformly light orange or not (yellow), abaxially paler; stamens +- exceeding perianth, filaments +- diverging, anthers 3--8 mm, pale yellow, +- orange, or magenta, pollen +- yellow to red-orange; pistil 2.3--3.7 cm. Fruit: 1.5--2.7 cm. Ecology: Wet meadows, willow thickets, streams in conifer forest; Elevation: 1400--2900 m. Bioregional Distribution: n&c SNH. Flowering Time: Jun--Aug Synonyms: Lilium canadense L. var. parvum (Kellogg) Baker; Lilium parvum var. crocatum Stearn Jepson eFlora Author: Mark W. Skinner Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Lilium parryi Next taxon: Lilium rubescens
Citation for this treatment: Mark W. Skinner 2012, Lilium parvum, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=30953, accessed on April 18, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 18, 2024.
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