Editing Lilium humboldtii (section)

==Description==
''Lilium humboldtii'' grows up to {{convert|6|ft|m}} tall, with flowers that are maroon-spotted, golden-orange with dark red splotches, with orange to brown [[stamen]]s. The plant flowers in June, with flowers growing in a pyramidal inflorescence. The flowers are on stout stems, which are sometimes brown-purple.  The subrhizomatous bulb is large, with yellowish-white scales, and grows very deep in the soil. The leaves grow in whorls, and are undulate, shiny, and oblanceolate. It is [[estivation|summer-deciduous]], dying back after flowering in mid- to late summer.<ref name="McRae"/>

;[[Subspecies]]<ref name=tabby/>
*''Lilium humboldtii'' subsp. ''humboldtii'' - central California
*''Lilium humboldtii'' subsp. ''ocellatum'' - southern California, Baja California

Both subspecies are on the [[California Native Plant Society]] ''[[Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants of California]]'' and described as "fairly endangered in California".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cnps.web.aplus.net/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi/Search?search=lilium+humboldtii|title=Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants|date=2008-10-05|work=California Native Plant Society|accessdate=2009-01-07}}</ref>

[[Albert Kellogg]], unaware that the plant had already been named by Roezl and Leichtlin, gave it the name ''Lilium bloomerianum''. For some time afterward, the name was still applied to the southern California ''Lilium humboldtii'' subsp. ''ocellatum''.<ref name="eFlora">{{cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101732|title=Lilium humboldtii|work=Flora of North America|publisher=eFlora.org|accessdate=2009-02-08}}</ref>