Lilium

1. Flowers erect; tepals distinctly narrowed at the base to a slender claw; leaves up to 8 (–14) mm wide.

L. philadelphicum

1. Flowers nodding (fruit becoming erect); tepals narrowed gradually toward base, not clawed; widest leaves 8–35 mm wide.

2. Flowers pink or purple.

L. martagon

2. Flowers orange.

3. Tepals glabrous within; stem glabrous above; leaves mostly whorled.

L. michiganense

3. Tepals with pubescent strip basally within; stems with cobwebby pubescence, especially above; leaves alternate but crowded.

L. lancifolium