Lilium pardalinum subsp. wigginsii

Wiggins' lily, Wiggins' Lily

Family: Liliaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Wiggins' lily is a California native perennial found in the eastern Klamath Ranges in wet thickets, meadows, and stream areas among conifers at elevations of 800 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from July to August, this plant produces uniformly orange to yellow-orange flowers 3.4 to 7.1 centimeters long with pale yellow anthers. Growing up to 1.7 meters tall with a weakly clonal habit, it develops from a bulb with 2 to 4-segmented scales. Its leaves are arranged in whorls or alternately, especially in smaller plants. The fruit develops 2.3 to 4.2 centimeters long, completing the plant's distinctive growth cycle.

Habitat: Wet thickets, meadows, streams among conifers

Bloom period: Jul-Aug

Elevation: 800-2000 m

Bioregions: e KR

California counties: Siskiyou, Del Norte

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