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Lilium superbum is a species of true lily native to the eastern and central regions of North America. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Common names include Turk's cap lily , [ 3 ] turban lily , [ 4 ] swamp lily , [ 6 ] lily royal , [ 6 ] or American tiger lily .
Common names include jockey's cap lily, [3] Mexican shellflower, [4] peacock flower, [4] tiger iris, [5] and tiger flower. [4] This summer-flowering bulbous herbaceous perennial is widespread across much of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. It is naturalized in Ecuador and Peru. [4] [6] The leaves are narrow and lance-shaped.
Turk's cap lily is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Lilium martagon, a species native to a wide area from central Europe east to Mongolia and Korea; Lilium michauxii, a species native to southeastern North America; Lilium superbum, a species native to eastern and central regions of North America
Lilium (/ ˈ l ɪ l i ə m / LIL-ee-əm) [3] is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large and often prominent flowers. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world.
The name Turk's cap lily, also applied to a number of other species, comes from the characteristic reflexed shape of the petals. [15] The specific epithet martagon is of uncertain origin. [ 16 ] It has been suggested by one scholar (J.W. Redhouse (1892), that the word is of Ottoman Turkish origin, as mārtağān - a special kind of turban ...
Lilium pyrenaicum (Pyrenean lily, [1] yellow Turk's-cap lily, yellow martagon lily) is native to montane regions, mainly the Pyrenees, from Spain and eastwards, with the range extending into the Caucasus. It grows up to 1.3 m high.
American Turk's cap lily, Lilium superbum, Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–70), About 1750–53, Watercolor and gouache on vellum V&A Museum no. D.589-1886 [1] Banksia coccinea from Ferdinand Bauer's 1813 work Illustrationes Florae Novae Hollandiae. Botanical illustration is the art of depicting the form, color, and details of plant species. They ...
Carolina lily, Uwharrie National Forest, North Carolina, USA. Lilium michauxii, commonly known as the Carolina lily, is a wildflower native to the southeastern United States, thriving in dry, sandy soils of upland forests and ridges. It is the only fragrant lily species native east of the Rocky Mountains. Known for its vibrant orange to red ...