| Botanical name: |
Lilium superbum L. |
| Common
name: |
turks cap lily |
| Synonomy: |
| Lilium canadense L. ssp. superbum (L.) B. Boivin & Cody |
| Lilium canadense L. ssp. superbum (L.) Baker, nom. illeg. |
| Lilium gazarubrum Roane & Henry |
| Lilium mary-henryae Roane & Henry |
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| Group: |
Monocot |
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| Family: |
Liliaceae |
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| Growth
Type: |
Forb/herb |
| Duration: |
Perennial |
| Plant height: |
3-8' high |
| Foliage: |
Lance shaped leaves, entire, and in whorls. |
| Flower color: |
Nodding orange-red flowers; petals and sepals curl backward nearly touching; green star at center of flower. |
| Flower size: |
2-4" wide |
| Flowering/fruiting time: |
Flowers early July to late July |
| Habitat: |
swamps and low grounds from the Hackensack meadows |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
throughout the Middle, Pine Barren and Cape May districts; some counties in northern Jersey. |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution: |
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| Misc.: |
Witmer Stone describes L. superbum as "the lily
of southern New Jersey and one of the showiest summer wild flowers. In
the Pine Barren swamps it is often only two or three feet high with a
single flower, while in the richer ground of West Jersey it attains
twice this size and bears a great pyramid of blossoms, sometimes twenty
to thirty on a single stalk" (346).
superbum, superb |
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| Sources |
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| *USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. |
