Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lilium catesbyi
FAMILY
Liliaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Lilium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium catesbaei
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-32-002:
Lilium catesbaei var. catesbaei FAMILY Liliaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Lilium catesbaei var. longii
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lica4_001_lvd
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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 (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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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 (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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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 (Nelson, 2006).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lilium catesbyi
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium catesbaei
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-32-002:
Lilium catesbaei var. catesbaei
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Lilium catesbaei var. longii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lilium catesbaei
834
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, sandhill seeps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
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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 (Midgley, 1999) p192
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p212
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p161
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p266
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p197
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p446
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p184
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p164
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p035
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p390
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p200