Lilium_catesbaei

<i>Lilium catesbaei</i>

Lilium catesbaei

Species of lily

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]

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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]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    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. [2]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. [3]
    "Lilium catesbaei". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  4. [4]
    Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. [5]
    "North American Lilium A-M". Pacific Bulb Society. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  6. [6]
    "Lilium catesbaei". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  7. [7]
    Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 179 Pine lily, Lilium catesbaei Walter, Fl. Carol. 123. 1788.


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