Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database


Lilium pardalinum ssp. pardalinum (Leopard Lily)

 

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 pardalinum Kellogg – leopard lily

Subspecies

  Lilium pardalinum Kellogg ssp. pardalinum – leopard lily

A beautiful lily with early summer flowers of red and orange, spotted with purple.

Leopard lily forms clumps and can reach 6.’

Often as many as ten pendant flowers grace each stem.

This lily is native to wet meadows and the edges of streams along the coastal regions of the northwest, USDA 5-9.

In the garden it needs regular water.

Leopard Lilies are extremely resilient to diseases and pests.

This lily does not appreciate being transplanted: choose your planting site carefully, considering the future expansion that will be required when this beauty takes hold and forms a large clump.

                         
For a short comparison of northwest native lilies, click here.
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