WorldFloraDB - Cardiocrinum giganteum var. yunnanense

Characteristics

A herb with a bulb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1-3 m high. The main bulb dies after flowering and side bulbs keep growing. It has simple erect stems. They are cylinder shaped and hollow. The leaves are in a ring near the base. They are oval or heart shaped and 30 cm long by 20 cm wide. The leaf stalks are 25 cm long. The flowers are creamy-white with purple veins.

More

Stem dark green, 1--2 m. Tepals adaxially streaked with purple-red, abaxially white. 2 n = 24*.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

0.1 - 0.5

Mature height (meter)

1.5 - 3.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in the mountains of central and western China. It grows along streams at 1,400-1,700 m altitude. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Starch is extracted from the bulb.

Uses	-
Edible	bulbs roots
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	90 - 730
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-18
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60468733-2
WFO ID	wfo-0000762956
COL ID	5MTR8
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lilium mirabile Cardiocrinum mirabile Cardiocrinum giganteum var. yunnanense Lilium giganteum var. yunnanense

WorldFloraDB 2024

Cardiocrinum giganteum var. yunnanense (Elwes) Stearn

Variety