''Lilium pardalinum'', also known as the leopard lily or panther lily, is a flowering bulbous perennial plant in the

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to Oregon, California, and Baja California. It usually grows in damp areas. Its range includes

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habitats and the

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. Typically ''L. pardalinum'' grows to about high; the tallest and most vigorous plants can reach up to . The

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s are small, and many are usually clustered together on a rhizomatous stock. The flowers are Turk's-cap shaped, red-orange, with numerous brown spots, usually flowering in July. ;SubspeciesUSDA
/ref> *''Lilium pardalinum'' subsp. ''pardalinum'' Kellogg -- leopard lily - southern California, Baja California * ''Lilium pardalinum'' subsp. ''pitkinense'' (Beane & Vollmer) Skinner -- Pitkin Marsh lily - northwestern California * ''Lilium pardalinum'' subsp. ''shastense'' (Eastw.) Skinner -- Shasta lily - Oregon, northern California *''Lilium pardalinum'' subsp. ''vollmeri'' (Eastw.) Skinner -- Vollmer's lily - southwestern Oregon, northwestern California *''Lilium pardalinum'' subsp. ''wigginsii'' (Beane & Vollmer) Skinner -- Wiggins' lily - southwestern Oregon, northwestern California The subspecies

Pitkin Marsh lily ''Lilium pardalinum'' subsp. ''pitkinense'', the Pitkin Marsh lily, is an endangered perennial herb of the family Liliaceae that is endemic to certain wetland areas in the northern California Coast Ranges of Sonoma County, California, United St ...

, ''Lilium pardalinum'' subsp. ''pitkinense'', is federally listed as an

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Cultivation

''Lilium pardalinum'' is cultivated by specialty plant nurseries as an ornamental plant, for use in native plant gardens and

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; as well as providing height and colour in the flower border and for cut flowers. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's

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