Lilium columbianum

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Lilium columbianum
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Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Lilium
Species:
L. columbianum
Binomial name
Lilium columbianum
Leichtlin 1871 not Hanson 1874
Synonyms [1]
Synonymy
  • Lilium canadense var. minusAlph.Wood
  • Lilium canadense var. walkeriAlph.Wood
  • Lilium californicumDuch.
  • Lilium sayiNutt. ex Duch.
  • Lilium canadense var. californicum(Duch.) Bol.
  • Lilium parviflorum(Hook.) W.G.Sm.
  • Lilium lucidumKellogg
  • Lilium nitidumW.Bull ex Baker
  • Lilium bakeriPurdy
  • Lilium purdyiWaugh

Lilium columbianum is a lily native to western North America. [2] [3] It is also known as the Columbia lily, Columbia tiger lily, or simply tiger lily (sharing the latter common name with several other lily species in its genus).

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Distribution and habitat

Lilium columbianum occurs in lowland and montane forest openings and meadows from southern British Columbia in Canada south to northern California and east to Montana in the northwestern United States. [2] [4] Mostly occurring below 2,000 m (6,600 ft), it usually blooms in June through early August. [2] There are a few isolated populations at high elevations in the Sierra Nevada as far south as Fresno County. [5] [6]

Description

Lilium columbianum is a perennial herb [7] that grows up to 1.2 metres (3.9 ft) tall, and bears from few to numerous orange flowers with darker spots. The tepals are 3 to 6 cm long and the flowers are lightly scented. Like many true lilies, the leaves are arranged in whorls around the stem of the plant. [8] [9] [10] [5] [11]

Uses

Food

Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth and most western Washington peoples steamed, boiled or pit-cooked its bulbs. Bitter or peppery-tasting, they were mostly used as a flavoring, often in soup with meat or fish. [12]

Horticulture

From seed, Lilium columbianum requires three to five years to mature. Cultivated bulbs can be divided or bulb scales may be used to generate new plants more quickly. [13]

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