WorldFloraDB - Hemerocallis citrina

Characteristics

Plants to 1 m tall, deciduous in winter. Roots rather stout, fleshy, usually with oblong, swollen, tuberous part near tip. Leaves linear, 50--130 × 0.5--2.5 cm; leaf sheath with reddish margin. Scape usually slightly longer than leaves, solid; main axis indistinct. Inflorescence branched; helicoidal cymes 3--5 or more, 2--5-flowered; bracts lanceolate, 3--7 cm × 3--6 mm. Pedicel less than 1 cm. Flowers large, fragrant, opening in afternoon or evening and lasting 12--24 hours, purplish black apically in bud. Perianth lemon-colored; tube long, 3--5 cm; segments (6--)7--12 cm, inner ones 2--3 cm wide, slightly wider than outer ones. Filaments 7--8 cm; anthers yellow, 8--10 mm. Capsule ellipsoid, 2--2.5 × 1.2--1.5 cm. Fl. May--Aug. 2 n = 22.

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A herb. It grows 1-1.5 m tall. It spreads 0.9-2 m wide. It loses its leaves in winter. The roots are rather stout and fleshy. They often have an oblong swollen tuber at the tip. The leaves are narrow and 50-130 cm long by 0.5-2.5 cm wide. The leaf sheath has red edges. The flowering stalk is branched. There are 3-5 groups of 2-5 flowers. They are purplish black in bud and lemon coloured when open. They are large and open in the afternoon and last about 1 day. They have a scent. The fruit is a capsule about 2-2.5 cm long and 1.2-1.5 cm wide.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

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Mature width (meter)

0.75 - 1.0

Mature height (meter)

0.8 - 1.0

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

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

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows on the edges of forests and in grassy fields. It grows from near sea level to 2000 m in N China. It suits hardiness zones 4-9. In Sichuan. In Yunnan.

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Forest margins, grassy fields and slopes along valleys from near sea level to 2000 metres.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The mature flower buds are gathered just as they open and scalded in boiling water, or steamed then sun dried.

Uses	fodder food medicinal
Edible	flowers leaves roots shoots stems
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.

Mode	divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	21 - 49
Germination temperacture (C°)	15 - 21
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	stratification
Minimum temperature (C°)	-35
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-