Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
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 (MISSPELLED) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lilium catesbaei ssp. asperellum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lilium catesbaei ssp. catesbaei
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Lilium catesbaei
INCLUDING (MISSPELLED) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lilium catesbaei ssp. asperellum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lilium catesbaei ssp. catesbaei
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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 (4/14/23):
Lilium catesbyi
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilium catesbaei
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING (MISSPELLED)
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lilium catesbaei ssp. asperellum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lilium catesbaei ssp. catesbaei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Lilium catesbaei
INCLUDING (MISSPELLED)
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lilium catesbaei ssp. asperellum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lilium catesbaei ssp. catesbaei
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, 1st ed. (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
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