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| Life form: |
| Perennial herb |
| Stems: |
| Height 40-100cm, stem rigid, unbranched |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, simple, dark green, lanceolate, sessile |
| Flowers: |
| 6 upright tepals, the outer are slightly narrower than the inner ones; 5.5–8.5 cm wide, bright yellow-orange with reddish-brown dots; 6 erect stamens, about half as long as the tepals, with red anthers; style orange, 3.5cm high; 1–5-flowered umbels |
| Flowering Period: |
| July |
| Fruits: |
| Loculicidal capsules |
| Habitat: |
| In the vicinity of settlements |
| Distribution: |
| Througout the country |
Derivation of the botanical name:
Lilium, Latin li, white; +lium, flower; Greek leirion, the name applied to the eastern Mediterranean Lilium candidum.
bulbiferium, Latin bulb onion and Ferre bear, the name refers to groddknopparna in the leaf axils.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
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