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Tiger Lily

Lilium lancifolium

Found in roadsides, old homesites, disturbed areas, trash heaps. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height
2–6 feet
Spread
1–2 feet
Light
Full sun, Partial shade
Soil moisture
Usually moist

At a glance

Life cycle
Biennial, from a bulb
Bloom
July to August

Not yet recorded · Leaves

Recorded in 8 Virginia counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

12CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including VA

Genus host records with ranges including VA · Lilium

  • Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
  • Acrolepiopsis incertellaCarrionflower Moth
  • Euxoa messoriaReaper Dart, Darksided Cutworm, Dark-Sided Cutworm
  • Hymenia perspectalisSpotted Beet Webworm
  • Macronoctua onustaIris Border Moth, Iris Root Borer
  • Papaipema cataphractaBurdock Border, Potato-Stalk Borer
  • Papaipema insulidensRagwort Stem Borer
  • Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
  • Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
  • Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
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  • Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
  • Xanthopastis regnatrixConvict Caterpillar, Spanish Quaker, Spanish Moth
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Liliaceae
Hardiness
Zones 5a–8b
Soil pH
Acidic
Flower color
Orange

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Conservation status

Virginia rankSNA
Global rankGNR
VA statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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