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
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 3 to 5 feet (.9-1.5m)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
3"-4"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Hummingbirds
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: Stolons and runners
Offsets
Other: Bulb scaling.

Image
Common names
  • Michigan Lily
  • Lily
  • Species Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lilium michiganense
  • Synonym: Lilium canadense subsp. michiganense

Photo Gallery
Photo by alwaysbehindMN
Location: Pinckney, SE Michigan
Date: 2015-07-18
Growing Wild
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2020-07-10
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-07-17
Location: Pinckney, SE Michigan
Date: 2015-07-18
Growing Wild
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2020-07-10
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 1 U
Location: Rosetta -Tasmania
Date: 27 DEC 2012
Location: Pinckney, SE Michigan
Date: 2015-07-18
Growing Wild
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-06-26
Photo by SongofJoy

Date: 2010-07-19
Credit James Steakley
Location: garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal in Madison, Wisconsin
Date: July 15, 2012
photo by James Steakley

Photo Courtesy of Prairie Nursery. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Pinckney, SE Michigan
Date: 2015-07-18
Growing Wild
Location: Pinckney, SE Michigan
Date: 2015-07-18
Growing Wild
Location: Pinckney, SE Michigan
Date: 2015-07-18
Growing Wild
Location: Southeast Wisconsin Meadow
Date: 2014-07-14
Location: Southeast Wisconsin meadow
Date: 2014-07-13
Location: Rosetta -Tasmania
Date: 27 DEC 2012
I was told to take a picture from above [by Rod at Glenbrook] to

Date: 2011-07-12
Credit Joshua Mayer

Credit Darm Crook

Credit John Lykkegaard
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden (Mobot) in St Louis
Date: 2016-06-18

Photo Courtesy of Prairie Nursery. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Southeast Wisconsin meadow
Date: 2014-07-13

Date: 2012-06-19
Credit Douglas W. Jones

Credit Detrout
Location: garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal in Madison, Wisconsin
Date: July 29, 2012
photo by James Steakley

Date: 2009-07-29
Credit James Steakley
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden (Mobot) in St Louis
Date: 2016-06-18
Comments:
  • Posted by Vals_Garden (Ontario, Canada - Zone 4b) on Apr 23, 2021 12:16 PM concerning plant:
    Now that I am looking for more Lilium michiganense, I'm noticing that where pictures are provided the flowers have a very variable quantity of spots. The one I was given only has spots from the inner two thirds - the rest of the petal is that lovely unspotted red/orange. I'm wondering if the wild populations of this lily are as variable.

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