Lilium michauxii

Classification	Monocots
Family	Liliaceae
Family (Traditional)	Liliaceae
Genus	Lilium
Species:	Lilium michauxii Poir.
Common Name	Carolina Lily; Michauxs Lily
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: whorled; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: sword-like; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: Orange; Carpel Number/Pistil: 3; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: raceme; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 3; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 3; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 6; Tepal Fusion: No; Tepal Number: 6
C value	10
Status	Native; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G4G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Carter (TN), Cocke (TN), Greene (TN), Johnson (TN), Monroe (TN), Polk (TN), Sevier (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Washington (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BOON, TENN, ETSU, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1979 - 2013

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0066597	Greene	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
UCHT005817	Polk	Tennessee	18 Oct 2010	Joey Shaw	UCHT Lilium michauxii
N/A	Johnson	Tennessee	13 Jun 2013	Frosty Levy	ETSU Lilium michauxii
ETSU033540	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Lilium michauxii
ETSU030153	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066586	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066608	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066604	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066605	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066602	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066594	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066596	Greene	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
ETSU030967	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Lilium michauxii
ETSU033541	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066606	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
UCHT005818		Tennessee	15 Jun 1981	Eleanor McGilliard	UCHT Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066595	Cocke	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066603	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066593	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
UCHT005816	Polk	Tennessee	12 Aug 1979	Larry G. Williams L 791	UCHT Lilium michauxii
ETSU025557	Johnson	Tennessee	07 Aug 2013	Adam McCullough DOEM 0186	ETSU Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066607	Sullivan	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066609	Washington	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066600	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066587	Bradley	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066599	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
ETSU030154	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Lilium michauxii
TENN-V-0066601	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Lilium michauxii
007887	Johnson	Tennessee			BOON Lilium michauxii

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Lilium michauxii

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