Liliaceae FAMILY
Lilium pardalinum
Lilium pardalinum
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Lilium pardalinum is a herbaceous perennial bulbiferous plant producing a leafy stem that can be up to 280cm tall. The plant develops a rhizomatous rootstock that usually branches and forms colonies of stems that sometimes become large and dense[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeSouth-western N. America - Oregon, California, northwest Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa)
HabitatStream banks and springy places; at elevations up to 2,000 metres. Forming large colonies near the coastal range[ 47 Title Growing Lilies. Publication Author Fox. D. Publisher Croom Helm Year 1985 ISBN Description A lovely and very readable book dealing with the cultivation of the genus Lilium. , 71 Title A California Flora. Publication Author Munz P.A. & Keck D.D. Publisher University of California Press; Los Angeles Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent flora but no pictures. Not for the casual reader. ].