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
Flowers: Showy
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
  • Sierra Lily
  • Lily
  • Alpine Lily
  • Fairy Lily
  • Sierra Tiger Lily
  • Species Lily

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Photo: Janel Johnson
Location: Alpine lily (Lilium parvum) on Desolation Wilderness Twin Lakes Trail
Date: 2010-08-14
Photo courtesy of: Miguel Vieira

Date: c. 1880
illustration by W. H. Fitch from Elwes' 'Monograph of the Genus L

Lilium parvum var hallidayi

Photo courtesy of B&D Lilies Used with Permission
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Lilium parvum var hallidayi

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