Lilium superbum

Turk's-cap Lily

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Family: Liliaceae (Lily family)

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: July

Turk's-cap Lily's flowers are nodding and range in color from yellow to reddish. At maturity, its tepals are fully reflexed with their tips arching downward. The base of the tepals are greenish, forming a green star at the nectaries.

11 July 2014 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA	8 July 2011 Mount Mitchell, NC	11 July 2014 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA	28 July 2022 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA
26 July 2019 Shendandoah National Park (Central District), VA (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) feeding at flower)	28 July 2022 Shendandoah National Park (Central District), VA	28 July 2022 Shendandoah National Park (Central District), VA	26 July 2019 Shendandoah National Park (Central District), VA
11 July 2014 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA	24 July 2024 Shenandoah National Park (Northern District), VA	24 July 2024 Shenandoah National Park (Northern District), VA (note green star-like nectary at center of flower)	26 July 2019 Shendandoah National Park (Central District), VA (fertilized flower forming seedhead)

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