Lilium kelloggii

Purdy

Garden (London 1871–1927) 59: 331. 1901.

Common names: Kellogg’s lily
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 184. Mentioned on page 174, 176, 185.

Bulbs ± ovoid, 3.6–7.5 × 2–5.2 cm, 0.9–2.4 (–2.7) times taller than long; scales unsegmented, longest 3.1–6.4 cm; stem roots absent. Stems to 2.1 m. Buds rounded in cross-section. Leaves in 2–7 whorls or partial whorls (scattered and ± proximal in dry, exposed sites), 3–22 (–40) leaves per whorl, drooping at tips to ascending, 6–16 × 0.9–4.4 cm, 2.6–8.5 times longer than wide; blade elliptic, usually narrowly so, often weakly oblanceolate, rarely obovate, margins undulate or not, apex acute; veins and margins ± smooth abaxially. Inflorescences racemose, 1–27-flowered. Flowers pendent, fragrant; perianth Turk’s-cap-shaped; sepals and petals reflexed 1/3 along length from base, pink, less often white, and if so usually aging pink, usually with copious maroon spots and proximal median longitudinal yellow stripe extending from basal nectaries, not distinctly clawed; sepals darker-pink abaxially and usually distally, not ridged abaxially, 3.4–7.2 × 0.9–1.7 cm; petals 3.2–7.1 × 0.9–1.9 cm; stamens moderately exserted; filaments ± widely spreading, diverging 10°–22° from axis; anthers pale red-orange or magenta, 0.5–1.4 cm; pollen orange; pistil 2.9–4.2 cm; ovary 1.5–3 cm; style green, often pale; pedicel 8.8–23.8 cm. Capsules 2.9–5.7 × 1–1.6 cm, 2.2–3.7 times longer than wide. Seeds 177–309.2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering summer (mid Jun–early Aug).
Habitat: Gaps and roadsides in redwood [Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endlicher] or mixed evergreen forests, gaps and edges in chaparral
Elevation: 200–1300 m

Discussion

Kellogg’s lily occurs from Humboldt County, California, north to just over the Oregon border. Like Lilium bolanderi and L. pardalinum subspp. vollmeri and wigginsii, it is endemic to the Klamath Mountains.

Occasionally plants occur with one or more whorls coalesced into tufts with as many as 40 leaves. Plants in open chaparral are usually of small stature with compact inflorescences and the ascending leaves are undulate on the margins. Plants of forest gaps are larger, with open inflorescences and flat, horizontal leaves.

Lilium kelloggii is pollinated by pale swallowtail butterflies (Papilio eurymedon Lucas, family Papilionidae) and western tiger swallowtails (P. rutulus Lucas).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Lilium kelloggii"
magenta +  and pale red-orange +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
Mark W. Skinner +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
visible +, exposed +  and hidden +
loculicidal +
dilated +
constricted +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
paler +  and green and somewhat lighter +
obovate +  and oblanceolate +
rounded +
contractile +  and branching +
stained brown +, purplish +, yellowish +  and whitish +
0.9-2.4(-2.7) times taller than long +
3.6cm +  and 7.5cm +
slanted +  and erect +
chunky +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5.2 cm52 mm <br />0.052 m <br />) +
2.9 cm29 mm <br />0.029 m <br /> (5.7 cm57 mm <br />0.057 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
Kellogg’s lily +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
200–1300 m +
translucent +, pale green +  and variable +
diverging +  and spreading +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
diverging +  and spreading +
fragrant +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
winged +, 3-valved +  and capsular +
brown;green +
indehiscent +, septicidal +  and loculicidal +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (7.7 cm77 mm <br />0.077 m <br />) +
oblong-obovate +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br />) +
Gaps and roadsides in redwood [Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endlicher] or mixed evergreen forests, gaps and edges in chaparral +
scattered +  and distributed +
persistent +
papillose +  and smooth +
not +  and undulate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
not articulate +
8.8 cm88 mm <br />0.088 m <br /> (23.8 cm238 mm <br />0.238 m <br />) +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
s-cap--shaped +
pink +  and white +
distinct +
3.2cm;7.1cm +
included +  and strongly exserted +
differentiated +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br />) +
Flowering summer (mid Jun–early Aug). +
oblong +  and 3-lobed +
2.9 cm29 mm <br />0.029 m <br /> (4.2 cm42 mm <br />0.042 m <br />) +
Garden (London 1871–1927) +
wrinkled +
thinner +  and thick +
segmented +  and notched +
3.1 cm31 mm <br />0.031 m <br /> (6.4 cm64 mm <br />0.064 m <br />) +
starchy +  and fleshy +
abscission +
light-brown +
177 +  and 309 +
verrucose +
wedge +  and flattened +
darker-pink +, pink +  and white +
distinct +
included;strongly exserted +
ridged +  and clawed +
differentiated +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
adnate +  and free +
glabrous +  and glaucous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (210 cm2,100 mm <br />2.1 m <br />) +
1 +  and several +
pale +  and green +
3 +  and 1 +
Lilium kelloggii +
species +
connate +  and distinct +
at tips +  and ascending +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
3 +  and 22 +