Lily Family – Liliaceae
Actual flower size: 2 inches across
Tiger Lily is also called Columbia Lily.
Plant Description: Tiger Lily is a perennail that is 1 to 4 feet tall (occasionally 6 feet tall) with 2 to 9 or more nodding, widely bell-shaped flowers 1 to 2.5 inches across. The leaves are narrow, shiny green, 2 to 4 inches long, mostly in 2 to 9 whorls of 6 to 9 leaves, and sometimes with additional leaves scattered up the stem.
Flower Description: The narrow, bright yellow-orange tepals are pointed, 1 to 1.5 inches long, with purplish-brown spots near the center. The tepals are flared out when first blooming, but soon curve back to the base of the flower. The cluster of 6 long stamens with orange or purple anthers is slightly longer than the style.
Ecology: Tiger Lily grows in damp soils in prairies, woods and coniferous forests at low to high elevations.
Tiger Lily Photo Gallery
Actual flower size: 2 inches across