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How to Identify Edible Day Lilies
How to Identify Edible Day Lilies. There are a number of edible flowers, weeds and tubers that can be foraged in the wild, especially if you are stranded and in desperate need of sustenance. Identifying edible day lilies is not as easy as it sounds, as some lilies contain alkaloids and are dangerous if consumed. Learning to distinguish between...
There are a number of edible flowers, weeds and tubers that can be foraged in the wild, especially if you are stranded and in desperate need of sustenance. Identifying edible day lilies is not as easy as it sounds, as some lilies contain alkaloids and are dangerous if consumed. Learning to distinguish between edible day lilies and inedible day lilies and other similar plants could be the difference between life and death, and in a situation where foraging is your only means for survival, you don't want to take any chances.
Step 1
Analyze the leaves and stalks of the plant, which should both be hairless.
Step 2
Make sure the petals of the flowers are orange, unspotted and face upward. There are varieties of day lily that have spotted petals, and these are not to be consumed.
Step 3
Check the throat of the flower base, which will be yellow with a red band circling it.
Step 4
Pull the day lily out of the ground and inspect the root tubers, which are also edible. Edible day lily tubers are the fleshy, yellow growths connected to the roots of the plant. Root tubers are where the plant stores nutrients that help it survive during the winter months and regenerate in the spring. Because tubers are nutrient rich, they are an essential edible for foragers in the wild.
Step 5
Determine the time of year in relation to the climate where you are foraging. In southern climates, day lilies flower from April through June, while in northern climates, they flower from June through August.
