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Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District Orange Day
Lily The
non-native (Asian) Orange Day Lily is common in our area. It prefers full or
partial sun and medium-moist fertile soil. Habitats include cemeteries and
cemetery prairies, woodland borders and roadsides. It can invade natural
areas and become a nuisance. It is a perennial
with flowering stalks about 3-6' tall. The basal
leaves are linear, tapering gradually to a sword-like point, bending down and
outward with a floppy appearance. Each stalk is unbranched, except near the
apex, where there is a panicle consisting of a few clusters of flowers. The
large orange flowers are about 3½" across with 3 petals and 3 sepals united
at the base but spreading outward and backward toward their tips. The throat
of the flower is yellow while the remainder is some shade of bright orange.
Each flower lasts only one day.
Orange Day Lily along Minkler Road July 9, 2008
Orange Day Lily's basal leaves and stalks along Minkler Road July 9, 2013
Orange Day Lily along Route 71 June 20, 2016
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