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Lilium brownii F.E.Br. ex Miellez

Chinese lily (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Lilium

Characteristics

Bulb globose, 2--4.5 cm in diam.; scales white, lanceolate, 1.8--4 × 0.8--1.4 cm. Stem 0.7--2 m, smooth or papillose. Leaves scattered, frequently distal ones gradually becoming smaller, lanceolate, linear, oblanceolate, or obovate, 7--15 × (0.6--)1--2 cm, 5--7-veined. Flowers solitary or several in a subumbel, funnelform, fragrant. Tepals spreading distally and recurved apically, milk white, suffused purplish, unspotted; outer ones oblong-oblanceolate, 13--18 × 2--4.3 cm; inner ones spatulate, 3.4--5 cm wide; nectaries papillose on both surfaces. Stamens curved upward; filaments 10--13 cm, densely pilose to glabrous. Style 8.5--11 cm. Capsule 4.5--6 × ca. 3.5 cm. Fl. Jun--Aug, fr. Sep--Oct.
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A bulb plant. The bulb is round and 2-4.5 cm across. The scales are white. The stem is 0.7-2 m high. The leaves are scattered and often become smaller up the stalk. They are narrow and sword shaped. The leaf blade is 1.8-4 cm long by 7-15 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. There are 5-7 veins. The flowers can occur singly or as several in a group. They have a scent. The flowers are trumpet shaped. The flowers are pink and unspotted. The fruit is a capsule which is 4.5-6 cm long by 3.5 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 1.2
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Environment

Sparse forests, thickets, grassy slopes, rocky hillsides along ravines or streams,wastelands around villages; at elevations from 100-2,200 metres. Loose fertile soil along woodland edges or in grass and thickets.
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It is a temperate plant. It grows in sparse forests and grassy slopes along river valleys and streams between 100-2200 m altitude in China. It suits hardiness zone 7. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

The bulbs are eaten boiled with honey. They are also dried and made into flour. They can be added to soup to thicken it. The starch is extracted and sold as lily-root flour.
Uses environmental use food medicinal
Edible bulbs flowers roots tubers
Therapeutic use Bruise (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Debility (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Eczema (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Hemoptysis (unspecified), Lung (unspecified), Neurosis (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Eruption (unspecified), Hematemesis (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Epiphora (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Minimum temperature (C°) -18
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Images

Lilium brownii unspecified picture

Distribution

Lilium brownii world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60447947-2
WFO ID wfo-0000685383
COL ID 6PYB7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lilium brownii Lilium brownii var. australe Lilium brownii var. platyphyllum Lilium australe

Lower taxons

Lilium brownii var. viridulum
WorldFloraDB 2024