Lilium carniolicum

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|image = Lilium carniolicum tscheppaschlucht 01.jpg

|genus = Lilium

|species = carniolicum

|authority = Bernh. ex W.D.J.Koch

|synonyms = *Lilium pomponium var. carniolicum (Bernh. ex W.D.J.Koch) Fiori

• Lilium pyrenaicum subsp. carniolicum (Bernh. ex W.D.J.Koch) V.A.Matthews

|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=280679 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

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Lilium carniolicum, commonly called golden apple or Carniolan lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537515-1 |title= Lilium carniolicum Bernh. ex W.D.J.Koch |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=April 17, 2025}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/CDLLG |title= Lilium carniolicum Bernh. ex W.D.J.Koch |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=April 17, 2025}} It is a lily native to the Balkans, as well as to Austria and northeastern Italy (Veneto + Friuli-Venezia Giulia). The species is named after the historical region of Carniola, comprising parts of modern-day Slovenia, where it is most abundant.[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=lilium+carniolicum Altervista Flora Italiana Giglio di Carniola Lilium carniolicum Bernh. ex W.D.J.Koch]{{cite web |title=SPLOŠNI PODATKI O RASTLINI (Lilium carniolicum) |url=http://www.botanicni-vrt.si/component/option,com_rastline/lilium-carniolicum/page,2482/lang,si/ |author=Bavcon, Jože |publisher=Ljubljana Botanical Garden |accessdate=19 February 2013 |language=Slovenian}}[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6133921#page/772/mode/1up Koch, Wilhelm Daniel Joseph 1837. Synopsis Florae Germanicae et Helveticae 708] description in Latin

Its flowers vary in colour from red to yellow, speckled on the bottom with black dots. The colour can vary even among flowers growing in the same locality. In general, yellow is predominant in the southern part of the range. There, the species is sometimes split into the closely related Lilium bosniacum, Lilium albanicum and Lilium jankae,{{cite web |url=http://www.the-genus-lilium.com/carniolicum.htm |title=Lilium carniolicum |work=The Genus Lilium |accessdate=19 February 2013}} but those are usually treated as varieties of Lilium carniolicum.Ikinci, N., Oberprieler, C. & Güner, A. (2006). On the origin of European lilies: phylogenetic analysis of Lilium section Liriotypus (Liliaceae) using sequences of the nuclear ribosomal transcribed spacers. Willdenowia 36: 647-565.