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Hemerocallis forrestii Diels

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Hemerocallis

Characteristics

Plants 40--70 cm tall. Roots slightly fleshy, with large, globose, swollen, tuberous part near tip 1.5--2.5 × 3.5--4.5 cm. Leaves linear, 30--70 × 1--2 cm, rather stout, base surrounded by fibrous remains of older leaves, apex obtuse. Scape slender, nearly as long as leaves, hollow; main axis indistinct; sterile bracts absent. Inflorescence branches 4--6, each with 1 double helicoidal cyme dichotomously or trichotomously branched; cymes 2--4-flowered; bracts lanceolate, 0.5--2.5 cm × 3--10 mm. Pedicel 1.5--3 mm. Flowers rather small, opening during day. Perianth orange or golden yellow; tube short, ca. 1 cm; segments 5--9 cm, outer ones ca. 5 mm wide, inner ones slightly wider than outer, 1.2--1.5 cm wide. Filaments 3--4.5 cm; anthers yellow or slightly blackish, ca. 7 mm. Capsule ellipsoid, ca. 3.8 × 1.5--2 cm. Fl. May--Jun. 2 n = 22*.
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A herb. It grows 40-70 cm high. The roots are slightly fleshy with large swollen tubers near the tip. These can be 1.5-2.5 cm long by 3.5-4.5 cm wide. The leaves are narrow. They are 30-70 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. The base is surrounded by the fibrous base of older leaves. The flowering stalk has 4-6 branches each with a double flower group of 2-4 flowers. The flowers are small and open during the day. They are orange or yellow. The fruit is a capsule. It is oval and 3.8 cm long by 1.5-2 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form -
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.55
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests and on grassy slopes and limestone cliffs between 2300-3200 m altitude in SW China. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Dry ridges and rocky banks; at elevations around 250 metres. Forests, grassy slopes and limestone cliffs; at elevations from 2,300-3,200 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-6

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible flowers leaves roots shoots tubers
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°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Hemerocallis forrestii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:536334-1
WFO ID wfo-0000655123
COL ID 3KKX7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Hemerocallis forrestii
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