Red lily has a huge range, being found in open areas from Quebec to British Columbia and southward.
The deep orange or red flowers of this perennial are up to three inches wide with black spots on the bases of the petals and sepals. The narrow leaves are about two inches long. Stems may be up to two feet tall from white underground bulbs. In our area, red lily is found in moist, low-lying prairie that is not heavily grazed or regularly mowed for hay. As land use becomes more intense and use of herbicides increases, red lily is becoming increasingly more difficult to find and probably should not be picked or dug up, lest we lose it from our flora.