Lilium catesbaei Walter

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Liliaceae

• Scientific Name

  Lilium catesbaei Walter

• Description

  Species Description - Bulb 1–3 cm, composed of narrow scales; cauline lvs all alternate, erect or appressed, linear or linear-oblong, the lower to 8 cm, the upper progressively smaller; fl solitary, erect, tep conspicuously clawed, the blade red-purple, becoming yellow (or white) and purple-spotted toward the base; fr 3 cm; 2n=24. Wet pinelands and bogs; se. Va. to Fla. and La. Our plants are var. longii Fernald: bulb-scales without prolonged lf-like tips; cauline lvs linear-oblong, acute; tep 7–10 × 2–3.5 cm, the blade twice as long as the claw.

• Common Names

  pine-lily