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NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details

Lilium superbum

Turk's-cap Lily, Lily-royal

Scientific Name:

Lilium superbum

Genus:

Lilium

Species Epithet:

superbum

Common Name:

Turk's-cap Lily, Lily-royal

Plant Type

Herb/Wildflower

Life Cycle

Perennial

Plant Family

Liliaceae (Lily Family)

Native/Alien:

NC Native

Size:

3-6 ft., 6-12 ft.

Bloom Color(s):

Red, Orange, Yellow

Light:

Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day

Soil Moisture:

Moist, Wet

Bloom Time:

July, August

Growing Area:

Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain

Habitat Description:

Cove forests and moist forests, moist ravines, blackwater stream swamps, Coastal plain bogs (Weakley 2015). Common in NC Mountains, rare in Piedmont and Coastal Plain.

Leaf Arrangement:

Whorled

Leaf Retention:

Deciduous

Leaf Type:

Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like

Leaf Form:

Simple

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Wildlife Value:

Has some wildlife value

Landscape Value:

Recommended and Available

State Rank:

S4: Apparently secure (*Key)

Global Rank:

G5 - Secure (*Key)

Buds and Blooms

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Mount Pisgah, Blue Ridge Parkway, July 2004
© Tom Harville

Closeup of Blooms

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Mount Pisgah, Blue Ridge Parkway, July 2004
© Tom Harville

Seed Pods

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Martha Baskin

Seed Pod

Martha Baskin

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Bulbs

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Martha Baskin

Long stamens extending well beyond the strongly recurved tepals.

Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 382

The Scientific Name is Lilium superbum. You will likely hear them called Turk's-cap Lily, Lily-royal. This picture shows the Long stamens extending well beyond the strongly recurved tepals. of Lilium superbum

Robert Bachand

Tall plant (6-7 ft) with numerous whorled leaves. Multiple large orange downward facing flowers on long and dangling stalks.

Jackson County, NC

The Scientific Name is Lilium superbum. You will likely hear them called Turk's-cap Lily, Lily-royal. This picture shows the Tall plant (6-7 ft) with numerous whorled leaves.  Multiple large orange downward facing flowers on long and dangling stalks. of Lilium superbum

Bettina Darveaux

The narrowly elliptic to lanceolate leaves are in whorls.

Blue Ridge Parkway, Haywood Co., NC

The Scientific Name is Lilium superbum. You will likely hear them called Turk's-cap Lily, Lily-royal. This picture shows the The narrowly elliptic to lanceolate leaves are in whorls. of Lilium superbum

Bettina Darveaux

Turk's cap lily seed germinating during stratification.

Watauga Co., NC

The Scientific Name is Lilium superbum. You will likely hear them called Turk's-cap Lily, Lily-royal. This picture shows the Turk's cap lily seed germinating during stratification. of Lilium superbum

Annkatrin Rose

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record



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