Liliaceae
Tiger lily
Lilium lancifolium
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Lilium
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Common names
By language (20)
- Afrikaans
- Tierlelie
- Arabic
- زنبق النمر
- arz
- زنبق لانسيفوليوم
- Cantonese
- 卷丹, 百合, 百合子, 百合花
- Chinese
- 卷丹, 百合, 百合子, 百合花
- Czech
- Lilie tygrovaná
- English
- Tiger lily
- Estonian
- Tiigerliilia
- Finnish
- Tiikerililja
- French
- Martagon, Matagon, dans le Québec
- German
- Tiger-Lilie, Tigerlilie
- Japanese
- オニユリ, リリウム・ランシフォリウム, 鬼百合, リリウム・ティグリヌム
- Korean
- 참나리
- Malayalam
- ടൈഗർ ലില്ലി
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Tigerlilje
- Persian
- لیلیوم لانکیفلیوم
- Polish
- Lilia tygrysia
- Russian
- Лилия ланцетолистная, Лилия тигровая
- Swedish
- Tigerlilja
- Vietnamese
- Hoa loa kèn vằn
Synonyms
- Lilium lancifolium unranked album Hovey
- Lilium lancifolium unranked melpomene Hovey
- Lilium lancifolium var. densum W.Bull
- Lilium lancifolium var. flaviflorum Makino
- Lilium lancifolium var. fortunei (Standish) V.A.Matthews
- Lilium lancifolium var. splendens (Van Houtte) V.A.Matthews
- Lilium leopoldii Baker
- Lilium lishmanni T.Moore
- Lilium tigrinum Ker Gawl.
- Lilium tigrinum var. erectum G.F.Wilson
- Lilium tigrinum var. fortunei Standish
- Lilium tigrinum var. plenescens Waugh
- Lilium tigrinum var. splendens Van Houtte
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 627 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: psweet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: TonyT, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrew Van Houten., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tubifex, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jane Charlen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel.j.silvia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mami_t_t, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hardyplants, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sarahalder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hardyplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.