Top native true lilies and allies
62 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Turk's-cap Lily
Lilium superbum
caterpillars
5
food
2
flowers
24
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Canada Lily
Lilium canadense
caterpillars
4
food
2
flowers
11
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Michigan Lily
Lilium michiganense
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
11
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Wood Lily
Lilium philadelphicum
caterpillars
2
food
3
flowers
17
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Carolina Lily
Lilium michauxii
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
8
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Gray's Lily
Lilium grayi
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
8
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Sandhills Lily
Lilium pyrophilum
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
8
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White Fawnlily
Erythronium albidum
bees
1
flowers
42
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Yellow Trout Lily
Erythronium americanum
bees
1
flowers
26
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Dimpled Trout Lily
Erythronium umbilicatum
bees
1
flowers
15
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Beaked Trout-lily
Erythronium rostratum
bees
1
flowers
8
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Minnesota Dwarf Trout Lily
Erythronium propullans
bees
1
flowers
8
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Midland Fawnlily
Erythronium mesochoreum
bees
1
flowers
6
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Checker Lily
Fritillaria affinis
food
4
flowers
5
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Snowdon Lily
Gagea serotina
food
4
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Rice Root
Fritillaria camschatcensis
food
3
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Pine Lily
Lilium catesbaei
food
2
flowers
11
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Pot-of-Gold Lily
Lilium iridollae
food
2
flowers
8
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Washington Lily
Lilium washingtonianum
food
2
flowers
4
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Coast Lily
Lilium maritimum
food
2
flowers
4
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Scarlet Fritillary
Fritillaria recurva
food
2
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Fragrant Fritillary
Fritillaria liliacea
food
2
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Siskiyou Fritillary
Fritillaria glauca
food
2
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Gentner's Fritillary
Fritillaria gentneri
food
2
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Glacier Lily
Erythronium grandiflorum
food
1
flowers
10
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Leopard Lily
Lilium pardalinum
food
1
flowers
8
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Columbia Lily
Lilium columbianum
food
1
flowers
7
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Yellow Fritillary
Fritillaria pudica
food
1
flowers
6
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Humboldt's Lily
Lilium humboldtii
food
1
flowers
6
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Redwood Lily
Lilium rubescens
food
1
flowers
4
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Bolander's Lily
Lilium bolanderi
food
1
flowers
4
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Chocolate Lily
Fritillaria biflora
food
1
flowers
1
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Adobe Lily
Fritillaria pluriflora
food
1
flowers
1
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Purdy's Fritillary
Fritillaria purdyi
food
1
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Ojai Fritillary
Fritillaria ojaiensis
food
1
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Stinkbells
Fritillaria agrestis
food
1
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San Benito Fritillary
Fritillaria viridea
food
1
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Lemon Lily
Lilium parryi
flowers
7
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Giant White Fawn Lily
Erythronium oregonum
flowers
5
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Sierra Tiger Lily
Lilium parvum
flowers
5
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Kellogg's Lily
Lilium kelloggii
flowers
5
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Avalanche Lily
Erythronium montanum
flowers
4
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Kelley's Lily
Lilium kelleyanum
flowers
4
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Coast Fawn Lily
Erythronium revolutum
flowers
4
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Western Lily
Lilium occidentale
flowers
4
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California Fawn Lily
Erythronium californicum
flowers
2
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Henderson's Fawn Lily
Erythronium hendersonii
flowers
2
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Purple Fawn Lily
Erythronium purpurascens
flowers
2
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Sierra Fawn Lily
Erythronium multiscapideum
flowers
2
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Napa Fawn Lily
Erythronium helenae
flowers
2