Lilium catesbaei

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]

Lilium catesbaei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Subfamily:	Lilioideae
Tribe:	Lilieae
Genus:	Lilium
Species:	L. catesbaei
Binomial name
Lilium catesbaei Walter[1] 1788 not Kunth 1843 (syn of L. pensylvanicum)
Synonyms[2]
Lilium spectabile Salisb. Lilium carolinianum Bosc ex Lam.

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

• Deer Prairie Creek Preserve in Florida, notable for Lilium catesbaei

References

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