Lilium pardalinum subsp. pardalinum

Leopard lily, Leopard Lily

Family: Liliaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Leopard lily is a California native perennial found in the Central California Foothills and Coastal Ranges in moist habitats at elevations below 1,700 meters. Flowering from May to August, this striking lily produces large two-toned flowers 6 to 10 centimeters long with darker petal tips and pale magenta to purple anthers. Growing up to 2.8 meters tall with a strongly clonal habit, the plant emerges from a multi-segmented bulb with distinctive whorled leaves. Its leaves are arranged in whorls around the stem, creating a dramatic vertical structure with multiple flower clusters. The fruit develops 3 to 6 centimeters long, completing the lily's dramatic seasonal transformation.

Habitat: Moist places (drier along coast)

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: < 1700 m

Bioregions: CA-FP.

California counties: Trinity, Lake, Marin, Madera, San Luis Obispo, Glenn, Siskiyou, Butte, Shasta, Plumas, Monterey, Tehama, Modoc, Sierra, Colusa, Fresno, Alameda, Lassen, Humboldt, Del Norte, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Diego

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.