Tiger lily sent from China to the Kew Gardens in England by William Kerr around 1804. Provenance is Japan, Korea and eastern China, growing in a wide variety of soils. It is assumed that L. lancifolium is actually a hybrid, presumably of L. leichtlinni x L. maculatum. The non-scented, orange-twigged flowers appear from August. Black bulbils are formed along the stems.