The tiger lily (Lilium tigrinum or scientific name Lilium lancifolium) is a flower belonging to the Liliaceae family, native to Asia.
You can find it with its showy orange flowers, in areas like the Vallone Porto in Positano in the Lattari Mountains Regional Park, along the National Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano. Its appearance heralds the arrival of summer.
Like all lily it is a flower that grows well anywhere and on any soil provided the soil is deep and fertile. This lily is unmistakable for its orange flowers with black dots and gathered at the height of upright stems, strong and tall even more than one meter. The multiplication of flower is simple either with seeds or bulbils.
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European Garden Flora; vol. 1, 1986
Pignatti S., 1982 – Flora d’Italia. Edagricole, Bologna