''Lilium catesbaei'', sometimes known as Catesby's lily, pine lily,
leopard lily, tiger lily, or southern-red lily
is a native of
Florida
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and the coastal regions of the
American Southeast, where it usually grows in damp areas from
Louisiana
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to
Virginia
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.
''Lilium catesbaei'' requires hot, wet, acidic soil inhospitable to most other lily species. Producing a single flower, it generally blooms late in the year. The flower is upright with 6
tepals
A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth). The term is used when these parts cannot easily be classified as either sepals or petals. This may be because the parts of the perianth are undifferentiated (i.e. of very ...
(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.
Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 179 Pine lily, ''Lilium catesbaei'' Walter, Fl. Carol. 123. 1788.
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See also
*Deer Prairie Creek Preserve
Deer Prairie Creek Preserve is a natural area with of trail in unincorporated Sarasota County, Florida, USA, around along the Myakka River.
History
The land was acquired between 2000 and 2004 through a partnership between Sarasota County†...
in Florida, notable for ''Lilium catesbaei''
References
catesbaei
Plants described in 1788
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Taxa named by Thomas Walter (botanist)
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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