Unknown lily

I can't say about this one, but maybe whorled versus scattered leaf arrangement isn't so telling.  I have some mature martagons from seed that have scattered leaves, too.  The second pic shows two stems from the same plant, yet one is whorled leaves and the other doesn't.

Try posting it on the SRGC Forum Claire, there are some Lilium experts on there.

Hi, David,

I posted it on the SRGC first -- only Fermi replied; he guessed it was an American species but didn't know which.  It's a very nice lily, but it will have to remain "sp."

...Claire

I asked Gene Mirro if he could lend an opinion.  This is his reply:

About Claire's photo:  she doesn't say where the seed comes from.  That's kind of important.  If it's garden-collected, the plant could be anything imaginable.  The other problem is that I'm not good at ID.  I just grow them.  I've grown a couple of westerns that have narrow leaves:  wigginsi and shastense.  Beyond that, I can't say.  Even in nature, there are a lot of hybrids.

Thanks, Rick.  Like Gene, I'm not good at ID.  (Thank goodness Ron Ratko lives nearby!)

Flora of North America says wigginsii and shastense can have scattered leaves.

www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242102264

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242102262

I looked at a lot of photos of Lilium pardalinum subspecies -- no conclusive match, but since I have sown seeds of lots of L. pardalinum in many forms, it's likely some version of it.    Thanks for the help!