Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database

Kingdom Plantae – Plants

Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants

Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants

Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants

Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons

Subclass Liliidae

Order Liliales

Family Liliaceae – Lily family

Genus Lilium L. – lily

Species Lilium columbianum Leichtlin – Columbia lily

This beautiful perennial native lily grows from 2-4’ tall.

From the whorls of 6-9 lime green leaves, stretch the flowering stalks.

Each stalk is laden with clusters of 2,” bell-like, orange flowers with red spots. They hang pendant, the petals curling backwards to the stem.

Very hard to find commercially, Tiger Lily is equally rare in the wild due to people harvesting them.

If you were blessed to see one, you would find them along the Pacific Coast and inland to Nevada and north to Idaho (USDA 5-10).

They frequent open woodlands, steep slopes, roadsides and favor rich, well-drained soil.

In the garden they do remarkably well, preferring their heads in the sun but their bases in the shade of other plants. Bare root bulbs often available Sept - Nov. Ask.