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|accepted_name=Lilium parvum
|accepted_authority=Kellogg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hesperian (San Francisco)
|place=8: 163. 1862
|year=1862
}}
|common_names=Alpine lily;Sierra tiger lily
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lilium canadense var. parvum
|authority=(Kellogg) Hooker
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|name=Lilium parvum var. crocatum
|authority=Stearn
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Lilium;Lilium parvum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lilium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lilium parvum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 175, 176, 184, 187, 189
|treatment_page=page 188
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Bulbs </b>rhizomatous, unbranched, continuously scaly, 1.4–3.5 × 3.3–9.2 cm, 0.3–0.5 times taller than long; scales (1–)2–3(–4)-segmented, longest 1.1–3.4 cm; stem roots absent. <b>Stems</b> to 1.7 m. <b>Buds</b> rounded in cross section. <b>Leaves</b> in 2–5 whorls or partial whorls, 3–13 leaves per whorl, ± horizontal and drooping at tips or ascending in sun, 4–15.1 × 0.5–4.4 cm, 2.3–10.8 times longer than wide; blade ± elliptic, margins not undulate, apex acute, often narrowly so; veins and margins ± smooth abaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemose, 1–26(–41)-flowered. <b>Flowers</b> ± horizontal to ascending, sometimes slightly bilaterally symmetric, not fragrant; perianth ± funnelform; sepals and petals somewhat recurved 3/5–2/3 along length from base, not strongly reflexed, lower often less recurved than upper and forming landing platform, orange or yellowish proximally, darker (light orange, orange, red-orange, red, or rarely ± pinkish) on distal 2/5, occasionally uniformly light orange or rarely yellow, spotted dark purple-brown or maroon, often pale abaxially, not distinctly clawed; sepals not ridged abaxially, noticeably wider than petals, 3.2–4.2 × 0.8–1.3 cm; petals 3.2–4.2 × 0.6–1.2 cm; stamens moderately exserted; filaments moderately spreading, diverging 8°–17° from axis; anthers pale yellow, orangish, or magenta, 0.3–0.8 cm; pollen yellowish to red-orange; pistil 2.3–3.7 cm; ovary 0.8–1.4 cm; style pale green; pedicel 3.5–15.5 cm. <b>Capsules</b> 1.6–2.7 × 1.2–1.8 cm, 1.2–1.9 times longer than wide. <b>Seeds</b> 90–132. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer (mid Jun–Aug).
|habitat=Wet meadows, willow (Salix spp.) thickets, and streams in coniferous forests
|elevation=1400–2900 m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.
|discussion=<p>At the lower elevations within its range, <i>Lilium parvum</i> tends to have clear yellow-orange flowers—a form that has been recognized as <i>L. parvum</i> var. crocatum—but perianth parts are redder apically at higher elevations in the Sierra <i>Nevada</i>. The pink-flowered form that is apparently localized at lower elevations in El Dorado County, California, is referred to informally as the ditch lily (O. H. Ballantyne 1983).</p><!--
--><p><i>Lilium parvum</i> hybridizes sporadically with <i>L. pardalinum </i>subsp.<i> pardalinum</i> at middle elevations (ca. 1200–1500 m) in the Sierra <i>Nevada</i>, resulting in variable swarms of plants with flowers that are intermediate in orientation, size, and perianth recurvature. Hybrids with <i>Lilium kelleyanum</i> are discussed under that species.</p><!--
--><p><i>Lilium parvum</i> is a pollination generalist visited by several species of hummingbirds (family Trochilidae), western tiger swallowtails (Papilio rutulus Lucas, family Papilionidae), pale swallowtails (P. eurymedon Lucas), and various bees (mostly family Apidae).</p>
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name=Lilium parvum
|author=
|authority=Kellogg
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lilium canadense var. parvum;Lilium parvum var. crocatum
|basionyms=
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer (mid Jun–Aug).
|habitat=Wet meadows, willow (Salix spp.) thickets, and streams in coniferous forests
|elevation=1400–2900 m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.
|reference=None
|publication title=Hesperian (San Francisco)
|publication year=1862
|special status=
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|genus=Lilium
|species=Lilium parvum
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