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Tiger Lily
Lilium lancifolium
39.9501, -74.5163
Field Notes
Description:
a native of Asia and Japan but naturalized in the northeast quadrant of North America, and a few other places as well.
Flowers bloom in late summer.
This particular species does not produce seeds.
The tiger lily is a slow reproducer, having three ways to
reproduce itself, two of them asexual.
It produces little black bulbs (bulbils) where the leaves meet the stem. You can use those to propagate the lily or the tubers. However, by bulbil it takes three years for them to mature.
Habitat:
Woodland Garden Sunny Edge; Dappled Shade; Shady Edge, Near damp places in urban areas, roadsides, railroad banks, buildings.
Notes:
Most of this Tiger Lily is edible by humans but all parts are toxic to cats. It causes feline kidney failure. In Asia and Japan this lily is grown for its edible bulb. Cooked it resembles turnips in flavor. Flower buds are eaten raw or cooked.
Homeopathy:
Lilium tigrinum is a formidable remedy for female complaints!
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