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What type of lily is this? My phone app offered up a match to the Canada Lily. Is this correct? Is this considered a native wildflower? I saw it last week on the main trail - Pioneer Trail - at The West Woods. Thank you.
What type of lily is this? My phone app offered up a match to the Canada Lily. Is this correct? Is this considered a native wildflower? I saw it last week on the main trail - Pioneer Trail - at The West Woods. Thank you.
This is a Canada lily, Lilium canadense. They are native and can occur in both meadows and swamps. Their color can vary from yellow to orange to red.
They are very similar to another native lily, the American tiger lily, Lilium superbum. The most notable difference between the two species is that the petals of the American tiger lily curl back all the way to nearly touch, while the Canada lily is more bell shaped.
Both are beautiful wildflowers, aren’t they?
-Naturalist Denise Wolfe
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