Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lilium michauxii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Lilium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium michauxii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Lilium michauxii
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-32-006:
Lilium michauxii FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lilium carolinianum
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Lily, Michaux’s Lily
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lica25_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm100313_113
March Gadsden County FL
Angus Gholson Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm100314_074
March Decatur County GA
Perennial herb from a scaly bulb, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm100314_076
March Decatur County GA
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JK Marlow jkm150424_717
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190416_7473
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm250424_2798
April Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm070523_003
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9727
July Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
Lvs alternate & whorled, oblanceolate to obovate, distinctly wider toward apex, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm250723_1844
July Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
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Will Stuart wil_5983946147_c506c4ce56
July Burke County NC
Table Rock
Tepals orange-red becoming yellow in the throat, purple spotted within, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Will Stuart wil_8464242329_f05ede39b6
July Burke County NC
Often half the nodes or more bear a single leaf, per Weakley's Flora.
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Betsy George bmg080322_9441
August Henderson County NC
DuPont State Forest
Tepals strongly recurved, lower half purple-spotted, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Bill Sharpton gws_carolinalily
August Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm0308c_23
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0308c_34
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160816_534
August Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160816_537
August Oconee County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_lilium_michauxii_2613
August Henderson County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_lilium_michauxii_27
August
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Ron Lance rwl_lilium_michauxii
September Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lilium michauxii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium michauxii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Lilium michauxii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-32-006:
Lilium michauxii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lilium carolinianum
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry upland forests, ridges, slopes, and ridges, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly in whorls of 3-7 (upper & lower leaves alternate)
FLOWER:
Summer
Orange/Reddish
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 long-exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p191
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p212
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p161
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p169
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p195
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p447
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p163
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p037
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p390
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p361
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p417
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p397
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p010
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p141
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