Liliaceae
Canada lily
Lilium canadense
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Lilium
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- زنبق كندي, الزنبق الكندى, زنبق كندى
- arz
- زنبق كندى
- Chinese
- 加拿大百合, 草地百合
- English
- Canada lily, Meadow lily, Wild yellow-lily
- French
- Lis du Canada, Lys du Canada
- German
- Kanada-Lilie, Gelbe Lilie, Kanadalilie, Kanadische Wasserlilie
- Malayalam
- ലിലിയം കാനാഡെൻസ്
- Spanish
- Azucena de Canada, Azucena de Canadá, Lila de Canada, Lila de Canadá, Lirio de Canada, Lirio de Canadá, Lirio del prado, Lis de Canada
- Swedish
- Kanadalilja
Synonyms
- Lilium canadense f. canadense
- Lilium canadense f. flavum (Pursh) Vict.
- Lilium canadense f. peramoenum (Farw.) B.Boivin & Cody
- Lilium canadense f. rubrum Britton
- Lilium canadense var. canadense
- Lilium canadense var. coccineum Pursh
- Lilium canadense var. editorum Fernald
- Lilium canadense var. flavum Pursh
- Lilium canadense var. hartwegii Baker
- Lilium canadense var. pluriflorum Hook.
- Lilium canadense var. rubroflavum T.Moore
- Lilium canadense var. rubrum T.Moore
- Lilium canadense var. uniflorum Hook.
- Lilium michiganense f. peramoenum (Farw.) Stoker
- Lilium penduliflorum Redouté
- Lilium pendulum Spae
- Lilium peramoenum Farw.
- Lilium philadelphicum subsp. editorum (Fernald) Wherry
- Lilium pulchrum Salisb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.