Tiger Lily (Lilium lancifolium)

Family: Liliaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Bloom Color: Orange. Main Bloom Time: Early fall, Late summer. Form: Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Roots/Tubers, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

pleasant, when properly cooked they are highly esteemed as a vegetable and somewhat resemble parsnips in flavour. — Somewhat bitterish.; Fairly pleasant, when properly cooked they are highly esteemed as a vegetable and somewhat resemble parsnips in flavour.; The bulbs are up to 8cm in diameter.; They are a good source of starch.

Habitat & North American Range

Long cultivated and not known in a truly wild situation, though it can naturalise in woodlands.. Possibly of hybrid origin involving L. leichtlinii and L. maculatum. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)