Lilium columbianum explained

Lilium columbianum is a lily native to western North America.[1] [2] It is also known as the Columbia lily, Columbia tiger lily, or simply tiger lily (sharing the latter common name with several other lily species in its genus).

Distribution and habitat

Lilium columbianum occurs in lowland and montane forest openings and meadows from southern British Columbia in Canada south to northern California and east to Montana in the northwestern United States.[1] [3] Mostly occurring below 2000m (7,000feet), it usually blooms in June through early August.[1] There are a few isolated populations at high elevations in the Sierra Nevada as far south as Fresno County.[4] [5]

Description

Lilium columbianum is a perennial herb[6] that grows up to 1.2m (03.9feet) tall, and bears from few to numerous orange flowers with darker spots. The tepals are 3 to 6 cm long and the flowers are lightly scented. Like many true lilies, the leaves are arranged in whorls around the stem of the plant.[7] [8] [9] [4] [10]

Uses

Food

Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth and most western Washington peoples steamed, boiled or pit-cooked its bulbs. Bitter or peppery-tasting, they were mostly used as a flavoring, often in soup with meat or fish.[11]

Horticulture

From seed, Lilium columbianum requires three to five years to mature. Cultivated bulbs can be divided or bulb scales may be used to generate new plants more quickly.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lilium columbianum . Sullivan . Steven. K. . 2015 . Wildflower Search . 2016-04-09 .
  2. Web site: Lilium columbianum . 2015 . PLANTS Database . United States Department of Agriculture; Natural Resources Conservation Service . 2016-04-09.
  3. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Lilium%20columbianum.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Web site: Lilium columbianum . 2015 . Jepson eFlora: Taxon page . Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley . 2016-04-09.
  5. http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=4801 Calflora taxon report, Lilium columbianum Baker Columbia lily, Columbian lily, Oregon lily
  6. Web site: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin . 2022-06-11 . www.wildflower.org.
  7. Web site: Lilium columbianum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org . www.efloras.org.
  8. Web site: Lilium columbianum . Klinkenberg . Brian . 2014 . E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. . Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver . 2016-04-09.
  9. Web site: Lilium columbianum . Giblin . David . 2015 . WTU Herbarium Image Collection . Burke Museum, University of Washington . 2016-04-09.
  10. Book: Hitchcock . C. Leo . Cronquist . Arthur . Flora of the Pacific Northwest; an illustrated manual . registration . University of Washington Press . Seattle . 1973 . 0295952733.
  11. Book: Pojar, Jim . Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast . Lone Pine Publishing . Edmonton . 2004 . 9781551055305.
  12. Book: Kruckeberg, Arthur R. . Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest: Second Edition . University of Washington Press . Seattle . 1996 . 9780295974767.

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