Lilium columbianum
Columbia Lily, Tiger Lily

Family: Liliaceae (Lily family)

Photo taken in Icicle Canyon, partially shaded, brushy area

Flowers:

tepals yellow-orange to reddish-orange, stongly reflexed, 3-6 cm/P>

Fruit:

Leaves:

whorled, lanceolate leaves

Plant:

Corms eaten after steaming or boiling by the Okanagan-Colville, Okanagon, Shuswap, and Thompson. It ws also dried and stored for future use.

Habitat:

prairies, thickets, and conifer forest up to 6,000 ft

Distribution of species:

British Columbia to northern California, east to Idaho and Nevada

Distribution of genus:

more or less 90 species: northern temperate regions, and tropical mountains of east Asia