This was growing in the woods in northern MN overlooking Lake Superior.

Lilium lancifolium, which has escaped into the wild in Minnesota.

It looks like Lilium michiganense

http://www.minnesotawildflower...

http://www.minnesotawildflower...

The raceme of blooms and what appears to be alternate leaves would point to L. lancifolium. L. michiganense has whorled leaves and blooms.

Definitely Lilium lancifolium. While the flower may superficially look like michiganense, if you had the two plants together, even a novice gardener would see they are completely different. This is L. michiganense:



While it does grow "in the wild" here, L. lancifolium is more of a persistent dweller, as a relic from a previous gardeners of 30-100 years ago. If you find it growing wild, almost assuredly there was a homestead their sometime in the past. The species does not produce seed.

I type corrected....

@Leftwood

Wow Rick, thanks for the info! This shot was on Grand Marais on an overlook hike. It is interesting to know it must have been a homestead!

What is the common name?

The common name is Tiger Lily.

Some additional information: This lily grows "bulbils" in the leaf axils (where the leaf meets the stem). Bulbils are like small bulblets that can be planted to grow a new lily. Some people confuse bulbils with seeds; they are not seeds.

Anderwood said:@Leftwood

Wow Rick, thanks for the info! This shot was on Grand Marais on an overlook hike. It is interesting to know it must have been a homestead!

Up in the Arrowhead, there are a lot of old, abandoned shacks that have disappeared back into the wilderness with time. If you had looked around, you might have found remnants of where it was.

growitall said:Lilium lancifolium, which has escaped into the wild in Minnesota.

Correction: "Occurs" in the "wild". ;-)