Plant Species of San Jacinto Mountain: Lilium parryi, Lemon Lily Lemon Lily or Parry's Lily, Lilium parryi, is one of the special treasures of the San Jacinto Mountains. It grows mainly in the mountain ranges of southern California, with the only other population a small population in southeastern Arizona.
Unfortunately, humans have not treated this species well. It used to be extremely abundant in the San Bernardino Mountains and the San Jacinto Mountains, but those populations have been extirpated in many places primarily due to the bulb collectors digging up thousands of bulbs circa 1901. See The Decline of Lemon Lilies in the Idyllwild Area.
- Lemon Lily Fact Sheet
- Historical Account
- The Decline of Lemon Lilies in the Idyllwild Area; Restoration Plans; Lemon Lily Festival Dates
- Severe Loss of Lemon Lilies in Candy's Creek from 2010 to 2021 and Partial Recovery in 2022 to 2023
- The Grandfather Lemon Lily Near Reeds Meadow
- The at-least-22 year old Munchkin Lemon Lily on the Devils Slide Trail
- Lemon Lily Census of Willow and Tahquitz Creeks, 2009
- Natural Deaths of Lemon Lilies
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Updated 29 July 2023.