Lilium lancifolium Thunb.

Tiger Lily

Perennial herb to about 1.5 m; stems dark purple, white-hairy; stem roots present; bulbils present. Leaves cauline, alternate, broadly linear, margins rough, veins hairless. Inflorescence up to 40 flowered. Flowers trumpet-shaped, spreading, tips recurved, fragrant; summer to autumn. Tepals to 10 x 2.5 cm, orange to orange-red; purple spotted, warty. Nectary orange, with hairs and warts. Anthers orange-red to purplish; pollen purple to red-brown.

var. flaviflorum (Mak.) Stearn Flowers mostly yellow with purple spots; anthers red.

var. splendens (Van Houtte) V. Matthews. A larger variety with bigger, deeper-coloured flowers.

L. henryi Baker from C China is a perennial herb to about 3 m; stems green with reddish-purple markings, hairless; stem roots present; bulbils sometimes present. Leaves cauline, alternate, broadly linear, hairless. Inflorescence 4-20 or more flowered. Flowers Turk's cap-shaped, nodding, strongly recurved; summer.Tepals to 8 x 2 cm, orange, dark spotted, warty. Nectary green, without hairs or warts. Anthers orange; pollen reddish-brown.

L. martagon L., Turk's Cap (Martagon) from Europe to western C Asia is a perennial herb to about 2 m; stems purplish to green, sometimes hairy; stem roots present; bulbils absent. Leaves cauline, whorled, ovate, sometimes hairy-veined. Inflorescence up to 50 flowered. Flowers Turk's cap-shaped, nodding, tips recurved, fragrant; summer to autumn. Tepals to 4.5 x 1 cm, white, pink, purple-red or maroon; spotted. Nectary same colour as tepals, with warts. Anthers orange-yellow to reddish-purple; pollen yellow to red-brown.

L. occidentale Purdy,Western Tiger Lily (Eureka Lily) from western coastal USA is a perennial herb to about 1.5 m; stems purplish-brown, hairy; stem roots present; bulbils absent. Leaves cauline, alternate, linear, hairless. Inflorescence 1-2, sometimes to 10 flowered. Flowers trumpet-shaped, spreading, tips recurved, fragrant; summer to autumn. Tepals to 20 x 3 cm, white, flushed purple outside, unspotted. Nectary green, with hairs and warts. Anthers yellow to purplish; pollen yellow to brown.

L. pumilum DC., Coral Lily from Siberia to N China and Korea is a perennial herb to about 90 cm; stems green, hairless, often basally rough; stem roots present; bulbils absent. Leaves cauline, alternate, linear, hairless, veins and margins rough. Inflorescence up to 30 flowered. Flowers Turk's cap-shaped, nodding, tips strongly recurved, fragrant; summer.Tepals to 3.5 x 0.5 cm, bright red, sometimes basally black spotted. Nectary red, papillose. Anthers red; pollen red.

L. pyrenaicum Gouan. subsp. carniolicum (Koch) V. Matthews from the SE European Alps is a perennial herb to about 1.35 m; stems green, purple spotted, hairless; stem roots present; bulbils absent. Leaves cauline, alternate, linear to narrowly ovate, ciliate hairy. Inflorescence up to 12 flowered. Flowers Turk's capshaped, nodding, tips strongly recurved, unpleasantly scented; summer.Tepals to 7 x 1.3 cm long, orange-red; spotted. Nectary orange-red, with warts. Anthers orange; pollen orange. Syn. L. carniolicum Koch.

L. speciosum Thunb., Showy Lily, from China,Taiwan and Japan is a perennial herb to about 1.5 m; stems purplish-brown, hairy; stem roots present; bulbils absent. Leaves cauline, alternate, linear, hairless. Inflorescence 1-2, sometimes to 10 flowered. Flowers trumpet-shaped, spreading, tips recurved, fragrant; summer to autumn.Tepals to 20 x 3 cm long, white, flushed purple outside, unspotted. Nectary green, with hairs and warts.Anthers yellow to purplish; pollen yellow to brown.Var. album Baker has flowers white; anthers purple-brown. Var. rubrum Baker. Flowers red-pink; anthers purple-brown.'Pearl' has flowers pinkish pearl-white.

Eastern China, Japan and Korea.

Source: Conran, J. (2005). Liliaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Lilianae
order      Liliales
family       Liliaceae
genus        Lilium L.