Carolina Lily
Lilium michauxii
Fragrant nodding Turk's-cap lily with strongly recurved orange petals dotted maroon. The South's most heat-tolerant native lily, at home in dry woodland edges.
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- red, yellow
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators, mammals, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV
Related native plants
More Lilium species
- Columbia Lily (Lilium columbianum)
- Wood Lily (Lilium philadelphicum)
- Michigan Lily (Lilium michiganense)
- Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum)
- Canada Lily (Lilium canadense)
- Humboldt Lily (Lilium humboldtii)