Lilium grayi is a medium sized species of the lily family. It is native to Eastern USA and prefers moist, acid soil. The leaves are lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate and carried around the stem in whorls. The flowers, produced in mid-summer, are carried on several umbels in a tiered style, they are tubular to funnel shaped, red externally, paler inside with yellowish centres and some purple spots. The flowers are up to 6cm long and nodding. The whole plant grows to 1–1.7m.

The species is named for Asa Gray

Asa Gray

-References:*Asa Gray. Dictionary of American Biography. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928–1936.*Asa Gray. Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998.*Asa Gray. Plant Sciences. 4 vols. Macmillan Reference USA, 2001....

, an eminent American botanist of the mid-19th century.