Torrey's Craglily

Echeandia flavescens

1–2-foot tall lilies with 1–inch wide, yellow flowers. The flower looks like the miniature day lilies common in the nursery and flower trades.
Torrey's Craglily or Echeandia flavescens Canyon Point campground, Arizona This is a native perennial and is a true lily, a member of the Lily Family (Liliaceae). It is found in Southwestern coniferous forests, and it blooms from late summer to early fall. The yellow-orange flowers appear to have 6 petals, but if you look closely it only has 3 broad petals and 3 narrower sepals the same color as the petals. Echeandia flavescens,Geotagged,Summer,Torrey's Craglilly,United States,crag lily

Appearance

Yellow with 6 petals (tepals), 3/8–1/2 inch long (9–15 mm) with a (faint) greenish stripe down the center, 6 stamens, 1 style and pistil; flowers bloom about 3/4 inch apart on single, slender stem (scape). Fruit is an oblong capsule.

Naming

Anthericum torreyi
Anthericum flavescens

Distribution

AZ, NM, TX; Mexico.

Habitat

Rocky, gravelly, sandy soils of mesas, mountain meadows, ridges; pinyon-juniper, ponderosa pine-Douglas fir forests. 5,000–10,000 feet.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderAsparagales
FamilyAsparagaceae
GenusEcheandia
SpeciesEcheandia flavescens
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United States of America