Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lilium lancifolium
FAMILY
Liliaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Tiger Lily from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium lancifolium
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Lilium lancifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Lilium tigrinum
COMMON NAME:
Tiger Lily
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_liti_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lilium lancifolium
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium lancifolium
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Lilium lancifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Lilium tigrinum
839
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, old homesites, disturbed areas, trash heaps, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Asia
Waif(s)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Orange
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p192
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p164
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".