Wood Lily

5 responses to “Wood Lily”

1. alphonsegaston

   August 19, 2012 at 6:37 pm

   Gorgeous–I have never seen one of these in the wild.

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   1. mthew

      August 19, 2012 at 7:34 pm

      First time for me, too.

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2. Eileen Rudden

   August 19, 2012 at 6:45 pm

   Matthew…Beautiful photo…but these aren’t blooming on Nantucket now! It’s coming into the goldenrod.
   When did you take this?

   Eileen

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   1. mthew

      August 19, 2012 at 7:33 pm

      This was last Saturday, near Miacomet if you know the island. Southwest central portion, near the golf course if you don’t. Same time/day as the burying beetles. The flower was actually pointed out to me; from a distance it looked like premature fall leaves… This is a rare wildflower on the island. I read somewhere that deer love to eat this flower, so that I was lucky.

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      1. mthew

         August 20, 2012 at 10:29 am

         P.S.: Dunwiddie’s Checklist of Nantucket Wildflowers does list it as blooming in “JA”, July and August.