Lilium auratum Lindl.

Gold band lily (en), Lis doré (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Lilium

Characteristics

A bulb plant. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1-1.5 m high. The leaves are sword shaped and 10-15 cm long. The flowers are large and up to 30 cm across. They are white or yellow and have red spots. They have a strong scent. The fruit is a flat seed.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 1.15 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in mountainous regions and on steep slopes. It needs moist, well-drained soil. It suits hardiness zone 6.
More
Hills and mountains in scrub or grassy places, in volcanic ash or poor gravelly soils, always on steep well-drained slopes.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-7

Usage

The bulbs are used as a vegetable. They are slimy and are boiled, sweetened, powdered or added to dumplings. They are used in egg custard.
Uses environmental use gene source medicinal
Edible bulbs roots
Therapeutic use Nutrient (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified)
Human toxicity allergenic (bulb)
Animal toxicity very strong toxic (cat) (bulb)

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from bulbs or seeds.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -22
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Lilium auratum unspecified picture

Distribution

Lilium auratum world distribution map, present in Japan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537467-1
WFO ID wfo-0000685209
COL ID 6PYNT
BDTFX ID 82331
INPN ID 611053
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lilium auratum Lilium auratum var. rubrovittatum Lilium auratum var. rubrum Lilium auratum var. cruentum Lilium auratum var. tricolor Lilium auratum var. virginale Lilium auratum var. wittei

Lower taxons

Lilium auratum var. platyphyllum Lilium auratum var. auratum