Data specific to Lilies (Edit)
Division: IX. Species and Species Cultivars

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Orange
Other: With dark green or black nectarines.
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Toxicity: Other: All parts of the plant are lethal to cats
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Other info: Species lilies will come true from seed; cultivars and hybrids will not.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Other: Bulb scaling.

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Common names
  • Rosthorn's Lily
  • Lily
  • Species Lily

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Date: 2022-03-29

Date: 2022-12-11

credit: Denis Barthel
Location: Arcata, Ca 95521
Date: 2012-08-22

Photo courtesy of B&D Lilies Used with Permission
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Location: Arcata, Ca 95521
Date: 2012-08-29

credit: John Lykkegaard
Comments:
  • Posted by gwhizz (Rosetta,Tasmania,Australia - Zone 7b) on Oct 29, 2011 5:36 PM concerning plant:
    Flowers are recurving orange turks cap type, similar to l.Henryi, but somewhat smaller and with much straighter stems. Scent is of ripe melons.The nectary furrows are a distinct feature, varying from deep olive through to black in some flowers.

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