Lilium pardalinum

Taxobox
name = "Lilium pardalinum"

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
phylum = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Liliales
familia = Liliaceae
genus = "Lilium"
species = "L. pardalinum"
binomial = "Lilium pardalinum"
binomial_authority = Kellogg

"Lilium pardalinum", sometimes known as the Panther or Leopard lily, is a native of damp areas in the coastal ranges of California. Typically it grows to about two meters high, the tallest and most vigorous plants can reach up to 2.5 meters. The flowers are turks-cap shaped, red-orange, with numerous brown spots, usually flowering in July. The bulbs are small, and many are usually clustered together on a rhizomatous stock.

There are at least five subspecies: [ [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=42743 ITIS Standard Report Page: Lilium pardalinum ] ]
*"Lilium pardalinum" ssp. "pardalinum" Kellogg -- leopard lily
*"Lilium pardalinum" ssp. "pitkinense" (Beane & Vollmer) Skinner, comb. nov. ined. -- Pitkin Marsh lily
*"Lilium pardalinum" ssp. "shastense" (Eastw.) Skinner -- Shasta lily
*"Lilium pardalinum" ssp. "vollmeri" (Eastw.) Skinner -- Vollmer's lily
*"Lilium pardalinum" ssp. "wigginsii" (Beane & Vollmer) Skinner, comb. nov. ined. -- Wiggins' lily

The subspecies Pitkin Marsh lily, "Lilium pardalinum" ssp "Pitkinese" is endangered.

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