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fire lily

Lilium bulbiferum

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) alessandrolonghi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.

United States	8,511
Alaska	8,485
Italy	1,776
Nord-Ovest	699
Nord-Est	685
Austria	364
Centro	304
France	233
Switzerland	216
Steiermark	149

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	monocots · Liliopsida
Order	lilies, supplejacks, and allies · Liliales
Family	lily family · Liliaceae
Genus	true lilies · Lilium

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
How much to rely on each source

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Practise fire lily with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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