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What are the most common North American lilies?

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Familiar among North American species of Lilium are the wood lily ( L. philadelphicum ), Turk's-cap lily ( L. superbum ), and Canada, or wild yellow, lily ( L. canadense ) of the East and the leopard lily ( L. pardalinum ), Washington lily ( L. washingtonianum ), lemon lily ( L. parryi ), and Humboldt's lily ( L. humboldtii ) of the West.

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