Lilium lancifolium Thunb.

  • 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 lancifolium Thunb.

  • Description

    Species Description - Stem stout, 6–12 cm, cobwebby especially above; lvs very numerous, alternate, linear to narrow lanceolate, sessile, the upper rounded and clasping at the base and with axillary bulblets, the lower 10–15 cm, fls several in a raceme, the stout, widely divergent pedicels subtended by small lvs; tep recurved, orange-red with many purple-brown dots, 7–10 cm, bearing a pubescent strip basally within; 2n=24, 36. Native of e. Asia, often escaped from cult. about dwellings and on roadsides in our range. July, Aug. (L. tigrinum)

  • Common Names

    tiger-lily