Species lilies, including the former Nomocharis, are here grouped by region and related species are shown alongside each other. Click on an image to enlarge.
European & Caucasian species– listed in approximate geographical distribution West to East
L pyrenaicum
L pyrenaicum at Evenley Wood
L martagon
L martagon var. album
L martagon var. albiflorum
L martagon var. cattaniae
L martagon var. cattaniae
L martagon var. cattaniae hairy form
L martagon var. caucasicum
L martagon var. dalmaticum
L martagon var. daugavense
L martagon var. flavidum
L martagon var. pilosiusculum
L martagon var. pilosiusculum, inflorescence
L pomponium
L pomponium
L candidum
L candidum Cascade
L chalcedonicum, 750 metres Mt Vermion
L chalcedonicum
L chalcedonicum var. maculatum
L albanicum
L albanicum
L carniolicum jankae
L rhodopaeum, Bulgaria,
L rhodopaeum
L rhodopeum
L ponticum
L ponticum var. artvinense
L ponticum var. artvinense
L ciliatum
L akkusianum
L kesselringianum N E Turkey
L kesselringianum
L kesselringianum
L szovitsianum
L szovitsianum
L armenum, Giresun Turkey
L armenum, Giresun Turkey
L armenum, Trabzon, Turkey
L armenunum, Giresun, Turkey
L monadelphum
L monadelphum
L monadelphum, near white
L ledebourii
L ledebourii
Eastern North American species
L canadense
L canadense, orange
L canadense var. flavum
L canadense var. flavum
L canadense
L canadense var. coccineum
L canadense, heavily spotted
L canadense Ruth Clas – wild form
L philadelphicum, N Dakota
L philadelphicum, N Dakota
L philadelphicum, N Dakota
L philadelphicum, N Dakota
L philadelphicum, N Dakota
L michiganense
L grayi
L grayi
L grayi
L superbum wild colony PA
L superbum open form
L superbum Neshannock Creek PA
L superbum Rattlesnake Swamp PA
L superbum yellow
L superbum, rose
L superbum, white throat
L pyrophilum
L pyrophilum
L pyrophilum, Moore Co
L michauxii
L michauxii
L michauxii
L michauxii detail
L michauxii
L iridollae
L iridollae
L catesbaei
L catesbaei
L catesbaei
Variation in wild populations is not always apparent to gardeners. The following is a selection of photos of L michiganense taken by Patrick Brown in Midland County, Michigan which illustrates something of the range of form, colour of tepals & spotting to be found within one area.
Western North American species
L columbianum
L columbianum
L columbianum
L kelloggii
L kelloggii
L kelloggii
L kelloggii
L kelloggii, yellow form
L humboldtii
L humboldtii
L humboldtii var ocellatum
L humboldtii var. ocellatum
L washingtonianum
L washingtonianum
L washingtonianum purpurascens, Humboldt Co
L washingtonianum var. purpurascens
L bolanderi, Siskiyou N P
L bolanderi, Siskiyou N P
L bolanderi
L bolanderi
L bolanderi, star form
L rubescens
L rubescens
L rubescens
L kelleyanum
L nevadense
L pardalinum
L pardalinum
L pardalinum
L pardalinum yellow
L pardalinum ssp. pitkinense
L pardalinum ssp. pitkinense
L pardalinum ssp. shastense
L pardalinum ssp. shastense
L pardalinum ssp. vollmeri
L pardalinum ssp. wigginsii
L occidentale
L occidentale
L occidentale
L occidentale
L maritimum
L maritimum
L parvum
L parvum Halliday
L parvum Halliday
L parryi
L parryi
Sino-Himalayan species
L wallichianum var. neilgherrense, India
L wallichianum var. neilgherrense
L wallichianum var. neilgherrense, bud
L polyphyllum, Himalayas
L polyphyllum, nr Gomukh Glacier
L polyphyllum
L polyphyllum
L amoenum
L amoenum
L sherriffiae colony, Bhutan
L sherriffiae, Bhutan
L sherriffiae pink form, Bhutan
L bakerianum var. bakerianum
L bakerianum var. bakerianum
L bakerianum var. aureum
L bakerianum var. aureum
L bakerianum var. delavayi Yunnan
L bakerianum var. delavayi
L bakerianum var. rubrum
L bakerianum var. rubrum
L bakerianum var. yunnanense
L lophophorum
L lophophorum
L oxypetalum
L oxypetalum var. insigne
L nanum
L nanum
L nanum var. flavidum
L nanum var. flavidum
L mackliniae
L mackliniae, dark form
L mackliniae, white
L yapingense, Yunnan nr. Myanmar border
L soulei, Yunnan
L saccatum, Yunnan nr. Myanmar border
L henrici var. henrici, Yunnan
L henrici var. henrici
L henrici, pale pink form
L henrici, Mekong river form
L duchartrei
L lankongense
L lankongense
L wardii
L fargesii
L taliense
L taliense var. kaichen
L jinfushanense
L lijiangense (now L tenii)
L lijiangense (now L tenii) ex Chen Yi
L henryi
L henryi pale form
L henryi, pale form
L henryi var. citrinum
L henryi var. citrinum markings
L rosthornii
L rosthornii
L rosthornii Black Heart
L papilliferum
L papilliferum
L tsingtauense
L tsingtauense
L distichum
L distichum
L arboricola
L nepalense
L nepalense
L matangense
L primulinum Rock’s Variety
L primulinum var. burmanicum
L primulinum var. burmanicum
L primulinum var. burmanicum dark form
L primulinum var. ochraceum
L primulinum, seed ex N Vietnam
L majoense
L poilanei, Vietnam
L poilanei, Vietnam
L procumbens, Vietnam
L procumbens
L procumbens
L procumbens, pollen
L wallichianum
L regale
L regale
L leucanthum var. centifolium
L sargentiae
L brownii
L brownii v chloraster (L wenshanense)
L brownii Quinling Mts
L brownii Quinling Mts
L brownii Quinling Mts
L sulphureum Chinese form
Nomocharis
There is a growing body of scientific evidence that the distinction between Nomocharis and Lilium is the result of habitat specialisation. Accordingly, Nomocharis are being re-named as Lilium and are here placed alongside the Sino-Himalayan lilies.
L apertum/ N aperta
L apertum/ N aperta
L apertum/ N aperta
L apertum/ N aperta
L sealyi/N farreri
N gongshanensis
L meleagrinum/ N meleagrina
L meleagrinum / N meleagrina
L pardanthinum / N pardanthina
L pardanthinum Mairei/ N pardanthina Mairei
L saluenense / N saluenensis
N saluenensis, garden
L/ N species nova
Nomocharis photographed by Alan Mitchell. L pardanthinum Mairei courtesy of Madeleine Tinson
Siberian, Japanese & other Asiatic species
Different forms of Lilium japonicum are little known outside of Japan. The first gallery shows a selection of this species courtesy of Mr Hideo Ihara.
Nishiyoshino, Gojo, Nara Prefecture
Kyushu Island, Hyuga form
Shima, Mie Prefecture
Ishima Island, Tokushima Prefecture
Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture
var. platyphyllum, Saihaku, Tottori Prefecture
L hansonii
L hansonii
L hansonii red form
L davidii
L davidii var. unicolor
L davidii var. wilmottiae
L davidii yellow
L maculatum
L maculatum, Rebun Island
L maculatum, Sakhalin Island
L maculatum, Sakhalin Island
L maculatum ‘Flavum’
L maculatum ‘Flavum’
L maculatum var. bukosanense
L maculatum var. bukosanense
L bulbiferum var. bulbiferum
L bulbiferum var. bulbiferum
L bulbiferum var. chaixii
L bulbiferum var. croceum
L concolor early form
L concolor late form
L concolor var. coridion
L concolor var. pulchellum
L concolor var. strictum
L concolor ‘Tosa’. Kochi prefecture, Shikoku.
L concolor ‘Tosa’, Kochi prefecture, Shikoku.
L amabile mixed colours
L amabile
L amabile
L amabile var. luteum
L amabile var. luteum
L callosum
L callosum
L callosum, yellow form
L cernuum
L cernuum
L cernuum var. album
L auratum
L auratum var. platyphyllum
L auratum var. platyphyllum ‘Kuchibeni’
L auratum var. rubrovittatum
L auratum var. virginale
L japonicum
L japonicum
L japonicum Gomanodanake
L japonicum var. angustifolium
L japonicum var. japonicum
L japonicum var. platyphyllum
L ukeyuri (alexandrae)
L ukeyuri (alexandrae)
L nobilissimum
L nobilissimum
L rubellum
L rubellum
L rubellum white, Fukushima Prefecture
L speciosum ‘Album Novum’
L speciosum var. clivorum
L speciosum var. clivorum
L speciosum var. gloriosoides, Jiangxi form
L speciosum var. gloriosoides, Jiangxi form
L speciosum var gloriosoides, Guangxi province
L speciosum var. gloriosoides Taiwan form
L speciosum var. gloriosoides northern Taiwan
L speciosum var. magnificum
L speciosum var. punctatum (Ten-nyo)
L speciosum var. rubrum
L lancifolium
L lancifolium flore pleno
L lancifolium var. flaviflorum
L lancifolium var. flaviflorum f. immaculatum
L lancifolium var. fortunei
L lancifolium var. splendens (triploid)
L leichtlinii leichtlinii
L leichtlinii var. maximowiczii
L medeoloides, Hokkaido
L medeoloides, Makomanai River
L philippense
L longiflorum
L formosanum white form
L formosanum var. pricei
L eupetes
L eupetes
L eupetes, Vietnam 2006
Lilium dauricum… or Lilium maculatum ssp. dauricum … here growing in the wild at Ishikara dunes, Hokkaido, Japan. Photos taken on 13 June 2020 by Mr Hideo Ihara
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In cultivation this has been shown to be a variable species in both colour & height but not in the size of the floret. The following photos are from the range of forms grown by Darm Crook.
pink overlay
red form
short form
short form
tall form
yellow form
L dauricum var. alpinum
L dauricum var. alpinum
“Species lily” photo credits: Alisdair Aird, Prof. Leonid V Averyanov, Keith Baldie, George Battle, Patrick Brown, Freddy Byttebier, Jing-Tyng Chou, Duncan Coombs, Darm Crook, Alain Denis, Rimmer deVries, Barry Francis, Leif Fransson, Mel Herbert, Gordon Hogensen, Irene Hopton-Scott, Raymond Hudson, Hideo Ihara, Prof. Dr. Nursel Ikinci, Dick Kammer, Jennifer Kerry, Barbara Knox-Shaw, Jurgen Koch, Karl Kristensen, Charlie Kroell, Preston Ling, Alan Mitchell, Joe Nemmer, Bjornar Olsen, Peter Shotter, Mark Skinner, Lane Spence, Shawn Stegent, David Thrun, Ohshima Toshiaki, Martin Toon, Sonam Wangchen, Oliver Wyatt, Bleddyn Wynn-Jones, Patrick Xie.
