Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lilium lancifolium
FAMILY
Liliaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Learn more about Tiger Lily from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium lancifolium
FAMILY
Liliaceae
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 (11/30/12):
Lilium lancifolium
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium lancifolium
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Lilium tigrinum
839
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Asia
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it in disturbed areas, trash heaps, 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.
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Orange
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
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