Lilium catesbaei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Lilium
Species:
L. catesbaei
Binomial name
Lilium catesbaei
Walter[1] 1788 not Kunth 1843 (syn of L. pensylvanicum)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lilium spectabile Salisb.
  • Lilium carolinianum Bosc ex Lam.

Lilium catesbaei, sometimes known as Catesby's lily, pine lily,[1] leopard lily, tiger lily, or southern-red lily[3] is a native of Florida and the coastal regions of the American Southeast, where it usually grows in damp areas from Louisiana to Virginia.[4]

Lilium catesbaei requires hot, wet, acidic soil inhospitable to most other lily species.[5] Producing a single flower, it generally blooms late in the year. The flower is upright with 6 tepals (petals and sepals that look very similar). The tepals are curved backward and are orange toward the tip, yellow and purple-spotted toward the base.[6][7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Justice, William S.; Bell, C. Ritchie; Lindsey, Anne H. (2005). Wild Flowers of North Carolina (2. printing. ed.). Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press. p. 35. ISBN 0807855979.
  2. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ "Lilium catesbaei". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  4. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. ↑ "North American Lilium A-M". Pacific Bulb Society. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Lilium catesbaei". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  7. ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 179 Pine lily, Lilium catesbaei Walter, Fl. Carol. 123. 1788.


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