- Taxon
- Weed
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Habitat: flat , gully, log, margin, pasture, roadside, shrubland, wasteland
Dispersal: Seed, vegetative (bulbs)
Recognition
- a robust, bulbous perennial plant, with purple-brown stems up to 120 cm high and the bulb 5-10 cm across.
- its numerous narrow leaves are up to 15 cm long, dark green, and there are bulbils in the axils of the upper leaves.
- its nodding flowers number 1-15 a stem and are bright orange-red with many purple-black spots.
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References
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42. [as Lilium tigrinum Ker Gawl.]
