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
  • Species Lily
  • Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lilium pardalinum subsp. pardalinum
  • Synonym: Lilium roezlii
  • Synonym: Lilium pardalinum var. angustifolium
  • Synonym: Lilium pardalinum var. giganteum

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Date: c. 1941
illustration from the 1941 catalog, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Ore

Date: c. 1880
illustration [as L. californicum] by W. H. Fitch from Elwes' 'Mon

Date: c. 1880
illustration by W. H. Fitch from Elwes' 'Monograph of the Genus L
Location: Garden 2
Date: 2013-07-27
Location: Garden 2
Date: 2013-07-14
Location: Garden 2
Date: 2013-07-31

Date: 2012-06-17
Location: Garden 2
Date: 2013-07-14

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