Lilium bolanderi

Lilium bolanderi
1877 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Lilium
Species: L. bolanderi
Binomial name
Lilium bolanderi
S.Watson
Synonyms[2]
  • Lilium howellii I.M.Johnst.

Lilium bolanderi is a rare North American species of plants in the lily family, known by the common name Bolander's lily. It is native to northwestern California (Del Norte, Humboldt, & Siskiyou Counties) and southwestern Oregon (Curry + Josephine Counties).[2][3][4]

Lilium bolanderi is a perennial herb growing a waxy, erect stem that approaches a meter in height. It originates from a scaly, elongated bulb up to about 7 centimeters long. The wavy oval leaves are located in several whorls about the stem, each waxy green and up to 7 centimeters in length. The inflorescence bears up to 9 large, nodding lily flowers. The flower is bell-shaped with 6 red tepals up to 5 centimeters long and marked with yellow, purple, or darker reds. It often hybridizes with other lilies, producing a variety of forms, colors and patterns. There are 6 stamens with anthers sometimes nearly a centimeter long and a pistil which may be 4 centimeters in length. The flowers are pollinated by Allen's and rufous hummingbirds, Selasphorus sasin and rufus, respectively.[3]

The lily was named after the California botanist Henry Nicholas Bolander.

References

  1. ↑ handcolored Lithography by Henry John Elwes (1846-1922)
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. 1 2 Flora of North America, Lilium bolanderi
  4. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
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