Lilium pardalinum, also known as the leopard lily or panther lily, is a flowering bulbous perennial plant in the lily family.
It usually grows in damp areas and originated from California chaparral and woodlands habitats and the Sierra Nevada.
It features lance-shaped leaves arranged in whorls along the stems.
The flowers are Turk's-cap shaped, red-orange, with numerous brown spots.
The plant grows from bulbs which are small, and many are usually clustered together on a rhizomatous stock.
The flowers are the highlight, boasting large, nodding, trumpet-shaped blooms with recurved petals which are are usually reddish-orange to deep red, adorned with conspicuous dark spots or freckles, resembling the markings of a leopard, hence its common name.
These blooms emit a pleasant fragrance, adding to their allure.