We were walking in the park last week, and happened to notice this lovely thing.  It was just a little off the path,  standing about 2 feet tall.  It took my breath away!!!  I knew it was a lily, but my guess was Turk's cap.  Nope.

 

I looked it up in my Wildflowers in Color book when we got home.  It said:  Although this lily resembles the Turk's-cap, it is much shorter (1-3 ft.) and usually grows in drier places.  Carolina lily is often 1-flowered or 1-3 flowered in contrast to the many-flowered Turk's-cap.  That settled the mystery for me.  

 

Truth be told:  my photo is even better than the one in the book.  

 

HAPPY HIKING!!!