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Wood Lily
Lilium philadelphicum		  
Family Lily (Liliaceae)
Bloom Summer
Habitat Wet, sun, meadows, roadsides
Status Native
Cycle Perennial
Height 2-3 feet
Flower Flowers are large, upright orange flowers 2-3" wide with 6 petals (actually 3 sepals and 3 petals). There are typically several flowers per plant.
Leaf Leaves are a whorl of narrow lance-shaped leaves.
Notes This is a showy lily of the woodland habitats, which grows from a large underground bulb.
 

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