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Lilium amabile Palib.

Lovable lily (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Lilium

Characteristics

Bulb ovoid-globose, 2.5--3 cm in diam.; scales white, lanceolate or lanceolate-ovate, ca. 4 × 2.5 cm. Stem 40--80 cm, with white, short, stiff hairs. Leaves scattered, narrowly lanceolate, 2--7.5 cm × 5--8 mm, both surfaces with dense, white, stiff hairs, margin ciliate. Flowers solitary or 3 in a raceme, nodding. Tepals strongly revolute, red, sometimes dark red-orange or yellow, densely speckled black, 3.5--5 cm; outer ones 8--10 mm wide; inner ones 1.4--1.6 cm wide; nectaries papillose on both surfaces. Ovary ca. 12 × 3 mm. Style ca. 2 mm. Fl. Jul. 2 n = 24*.
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A bulb plant. The bulbs are oval and 2.5-3 cm across. The scales are white. The stem is 40-80 cm high. It has white stiff hairs. The leaves are scattered. They are narrow and sword shaped. The flowers can be single or as 3 together. They are nodding. The flowers are red, orange or yellow with dense black speckles.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.25
Mature height (meter) 0.88 - 0.9
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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OctNovDec
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.
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Limestone formations.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

The bulbs are cooked and eaten.
Uses environmental use
Edible bulbs flowers leaves roots shoots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -27
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
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Productivity -

Images

Lilium amabile unspecified picture

Distribution

Lilium amabile world distribution map, present in China and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537451-1
WFO ID wfo-0000684373
COL ID 6PYMS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lilium fauriei Lilium amabile Lilium amabile var. flavum Lilium amabile var. immaculatum Lilium amabile var. kwangnungensis
WorldFloraDB 2024