Liliaceae

Lemon lily

Lilium parryi S.Watson

Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Lilium

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Lemon lily: Scientific Name: Lilium parryi S. Watson Common Name: Lemon Lily Certainty: positive ( notes ) Location: California; San Jacinto Mountains ; Willow Creek Trail — Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

Arabic: زنبق باري
arz: زنبق بارى
English: Lemon lily

Synonyms

Lilium parryi var. kessleri Davidson

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, 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.