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
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Plant Height: 3 to 7 feet
Leaves: Other: Herbaceous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Other: With large purple-red spots.
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
Flower Time: Summer
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.
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Humboldt's Lily
  • Lily
  • Species Lily

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Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2012-06-02

Date: c. 1880
illustration by W. H. Fitch from Elwes' 'Monograph of the Genus L
Location: Point Mugu State Park, California
Date: 2010-04-16
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2006-06-10
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2007-06-05

Date: c. 1873
illustration from 'Flore des serres et jardins...', 1873
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2013-04-20
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2013-02-16
New shoot of a mature plant

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