Hemerocallis fulva
Tawny Daylily
Asia

Rhizomatous perennial which has become naturalized along ditches and roadsides.
 
Non-fragrant orange flowers and, as the name implies, open for one day each.
 
Grass-like clumps
 
 
 
The specific epithet, fulva, means orange.

Dr. Arlow Stout used H. fulva 'Europa' to produce the first true red colored daylily, H. 'Theron' in 1934.

 
 
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