Plant Details
Lilium superbum
Turk's Cap Lily
Scientific Name: |
Lilium superbum |
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Common Name: |
Turk's Cap Lily |
Plant Family |
Liliaceae (Lily Family) |
Native/Alien: |
Native |
Type: |
Perennial |
Bloom Color(s): |
orange |
Size in Feet: |
9 |
Light: |
sun - part sun |
Soil Moisture: |
mesic - sub hygric(*) |
Bloom Time: |
July - August |
Bloom Area: |
State-wide, common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont and Coast |
Habitat Description: |
Cove forests and moist forests, moist ravines, blackwater stream swamps, Coastal plain bogs. |
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Buds and Blooms
Mount Pisgah, Blue Ridge Parkway, July 2004 |
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Closeup of Blooms
Mount Pisgah, Blue Ridge Parkway, July 2004 |
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Seed Pods
Martha Baskin |
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Seed Pod Martha Baskin
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Bulbs
Martha Baskin |
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Links: |
USDA PLANTS Database Record Bird-Friendly Native Plants |
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