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Pine Lily (Lilium catesbaei) Carteret Co., NC 26 Aug 2012 Uncommon in NC; grows in pine flat woods, savannahs, bogs |
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Pine Lily (Lilium catesbaei) Carteret Co., NC 26 Aug 2012 |
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Pine Lily (Lilium catesbaei) Carteret Co., NC 26 Aug 2012 |
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Pine Lily (Lilium catesbaei) Carteret Co., NC 26 Aug 2012 |
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Pine Lily (Lilium catesbaei) Craven Co., NC 26 Aug 2007 |
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Pine Lily (Lilium catesbaei) Craven Co., NC 28 Aug 2005 |
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Pine Lily (Lilium catesbaei) Craven Co., NC 27 Aug 2006 |
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Gray's Lily (Lilium grayi) Alleghany Co., NC 2 July 2006 Very rare. In NC they grow in local mountain meadows. |
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Gray's Lily (Lilium grayi) Alleghany Co., NC 2 July 2006 |
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Gray's Lily (Lilium grayi) Alleghany Co., NC 2 July 2006 |
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Gray's Lily (Lilium grayi) Alleghany Co., NC 2 July 2006 |
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Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum) Avery Co., NC 26 July 2006 Stunning beauties of the mountains in NC (rare to very rare elsewhere in NC), Turk's Cap Lilies may grow up to nearly 10 feet tall, producing several flowers on each plant. |
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Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum) Avery Co., NC 26 July 2006 |
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Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum) Avery Co., NC 26 July 2006 Lower stem leaves are in whorls. |
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Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum) Avery Co., NC 26 July 2006 A pollinator of lilies, note that the underside of the hindwing of this Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) is coated with lily pollen. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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