Lilium superbum

Turk's cap lily

Photograph(s) by*: RS MNPS

Characteristics

Height: 4-8'
Flowers: Jul.-Aug.; yellow-orange, orange-red
Fruit: capsule

Conditions *

Light:
Moisture: Moist Wet
Soil pH:
Soil type: Loamy Sandy

Habitat

wet meadows and along streams

Native to

Region: Coastal Piedmont Mountain *
States: MD DE

Wildlife

*

Notes

leaves in whorl around stem; takes several years to bloom

 Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/299.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004