Lilium michiganense is a species of true lily commonly referred to as the Michigan Lily. It is a wildflower present in prairie habitat

Habitat

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s in the eastern United States

United States

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 and Canada

Canada

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, as far southwest as Oklahoma

Oklahoma

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The flower is orange with spots. It is widely cultivated in domesticated form. The Michigan lily is often confused with the Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum), and with a naturalized Asian "tiger lily" Lilium lancifolium

Lilium lancifolium

Lilium lancifolium is a species of lily native to northern and eastern Asia, including Japan. It is one of several species of lily to which the common name Tiger lily is applied, and is the species most widely known by this name....

. The leaf arrangement is typically whorled, but sometimes alternate just below the inflorescence and at the very base of stem.

Endangered status

The Michigan lily is an endangered species

Endangered species

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 in the state of New York

New York

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, the northeasternmost state in its range. It is listed as threatened in Tennessee

Tennessee

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. Michigan lilies are also found in southwestern Ontario

Ontario

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, in Carolinean forest regions.