Lilium catesbaei

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Lilium catesbaei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Lilium
Species:
L. catesbaei
Binomial name
Lilium catesbaei
Walter[1] 1788 not Kunth 1843 (syn of L. pensylvanicum)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lilium spectabile Salisb.
  • Lilium carolinianum Bosc ex Lam.

Lilium catesbaei, sometimes known as Catesby's lily, pine lily,

American Southeast, where it usually grows in damp areas from Louisiana to Virginia.[4]

Lilium catesbaei requires hot, wet, acidic soil inhospitable to most other lily species.

tepals (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.[6][7]

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