Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lilium catesbaei
FAMILY
Liliaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Lilium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium catesbaei +
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-32-002:
Lilium catesbaei +
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lilium catesbaei
COMMON NAME:
Pine Lily, Catesby's Lily, Leopard Lily
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Will Stuart wil_28625824873
August Scotland County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Habitat.
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Will Stuart wil_28859101546
August Scotland County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Petal & sepal tips orange, bases yellow w spots, tapering to a slender claw, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Will Stuart wil_9501768635_c21b4b4dae
August Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Petals wider than the similar sepals, the tips of both curved backward, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Keith Bradley kab_l_catesbaei_78487
September Highlands County FL
Archbold Biological Station
The leaves are so sharply ascending as to be nearly appressed to the stem, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Keith Bradley kab_l_catesbaei_79808
September Highlands County FL
Kissimmee Prairie State Park
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Keith Bradley kab_lilium_catesbaei_4652
October Lee County FL
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_lilium_catesbaei_4653
October Lee County FL
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve
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Tim Spira tpslcatesbaei
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lilium catesbaei
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium catesbaei +
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-32-002:
Lilium catesbaei +
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lilium catesbaei
834
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon
Look for it in pine savannas, sandhill seeps, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Orange
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3, perianth widely campanulate
6 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p192
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p212
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p161
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p266
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p446
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p184
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p164
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p035
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p200