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Location
May not be native
Use Location
Type
Annuals/Per.
This stunning perennial produces 1 to 8 nodding flowers in a whorl at the top of the plant. Each flower blooms at the end of a long, naked stalk, appearing pale to deep reddish orange and fading to yellowish at the base, with many purplish brown spots and protruding stamens. Michigan Lily grows 2 to 5 feet tall in full sun to shade and deep, moist, fertile soil.
May Attract
Michigan Lily is thought to attract these families of birds
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird at a butterflyweed. Photo: Dave Maslowski
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