tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post5566452853725261030..comments2024-03-27T03:14:31.886-07:00Comments on Native Florida Wildflowers: Michaux's (Carolina) Lily - Lilium michauxiiHawthorn Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879920186201900051noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post-18889113303343114842011-08-11T08:02:28.127-07:002011-08-11T08:02:28.127-07:00After all I have learned from you, I am happy to c...After all I have learned from you, I am happy to contribute what I know of these two lilies.Ellen Honeycutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00063791602271573091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post-86611251209619194192011-08-11T05:36:23.300-07:002011-08-11T05:36:23.300-07:00Ellen-
I grappled with that for those reasons. Yo...Ellen-<br />I grappled with that for those reasons. You may well be right and I will take a cloer look at the photos I took. I mostly went by the leaf differences that Wunderlin seems to use to separate the two species in his key. Perhaps that is not a reliable indicator. Thanks for your post.craignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post-77994203344892921362011-08-11T05:11:24.852-07:002011-08-11T05:11:24.852-07:00I also always look for the green "star" ...I also always look for the green "star" in the center of the L. superbum flower, caused by green color at the base of the petal. The picture you show is absent that star. Perhaps that is not always an indicator .... But given the apparent height of the plant you found and the fact that it was only a single flower, is it possible that you found L. michauxii? Where the leaves thick and fleshy or thin? Both species are found in that area of NC, but if you photographed this during late July, that would match more closely the bloom time of L. michauxii.Ellen Honeycutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00063791602271573091noreply@blogger.com