Lilium washingtonianum subsp. purpurascens

Purple-flowered washington lily, Purple-Flowered Washington Lily

Family: Liliaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Purple-flowered washington lily is a native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges in Douglas-fir forest at elevations of 300 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces lavender to deep pink flowers with recurved perianth parts 6 to 9.5 centimeters long and cream anthers that turn yellow. Growing from an oblique-elongate to nearly erect-ovoid bulb with unsegmented or partially segmented scales, it forms tall stems with distinctive lily architecture. Its flower petals feature a remarkable color transition, with deep pink or lavender tones and a faint purple abaxial surface, complemented by a yellow midrib. The plant produces fruit with distinctive ribbed characteristics.

Habitat: Douglas-fir forest

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 300-2000 m

Bioregions: KR

California counties: Siskiyou, Humboldt, Del Norte, Trinity, Plumas, Shasta, Lake

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.