Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries

Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Liliaceae: Lilium
Complex Object	This is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	01083911
Other Barcodes on Sheet	;
Collector	H. D. Thoreau
Country	United States of America
State	Maine
Geography	North America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Maine: Penobscot County
Locality	W. Branch Penob. [Northeast Carry Township]
Date Collected	1857-07-25
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/34a59272-94f3-4cf0-b9b0-f4e12e15f00c
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	01083911
Herbarium	GH
Family	Liliaceae
Determination	Lilium canadense Linnaeus
Determination Remarks	[is filed under name] [is label name] [is Current name]
Subcollection	Thoreau Herbarium
Phenology	Flower
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed
Description	[L. canadense]

Remarks

["Having reloaded, we paddled down the Penobscot ... We soon after saw a splendid yellow lily (Lilium canadense) by the shore, which I plucked. It was six feet high, and had twelve flowers in two whorls, forming a pyramid, such as i have seen in Concord. We afterward saw many more thus tall along this stream, and also more numerous on the East Branch, and, on the latter, one which i thought approached yet nearer to the Lilium superbum." Maine Woods p. 189 of Princeton edition]