Lilium bolanderi

{{Short description|Species of lily}}

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|image_caption = 1877 illustration[http://aradergalleries.com/prints/images/72_Elwes/ew_bolanderi.jpg handcolored Lithography by Henry John Elwes (1846-1922) ]

|genus = Lilium

|species = bolanderi

|authority = S.Watson

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|synonyms = *Lilium howellii I.M.Johnst.

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Lilium bolanderi is a rare North American species of plants in the lily family, known by the common name Bolander's lily. It is native to northwestern California (Del Norte, Humboldt, & Siskiyou Counties) and southwestern Oregon (Curry + Josephine Counties).{{Cite web |title=Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/?name_id=280732 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Lilium%20bolanderi.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]

Lilium bolanderi is a perennial herb growing a waxy, erect stem that approaches a meter in height. It originates from a scaly, elongated bulb up to about 7 centimeters long. The wavy oval leaves are located in several whorls about the stem, each waxy green and up to 7 centimeters in length. The inflorescence bears up to 9 large, nodding lily flowers. The flower is bell-shaped with 6 red tepals up to 5 centimeters long and marked with yellow, purple, or darker reds. It often hybridizes with other lilies, producing a variety of forms, colors and patterns. There are 6 stamens with anthers sometimes nearly a centimeter long and a pistil which may be 4 centimeters in length. The flowers are pollinated by Allen's and rufous hummingbirds, Selasphorus sasin and rufus, respectively.{{Cite web |title=Lilium bolanderi in Flora of North America @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101727 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=www.efloras.org}}

The lily was named after the California botanist Henry Nicholas Bolander.