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Lilium callosum Siebold & Zucc.

Species

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Characteristics

Bulb flattened globose, 1.5--3 cm in diam.; scales white to pale yellow, ovate to lanceolate, 1.5--2 cm × 6--12 mm. Stem (20--)50--90(--100) cm. Leaves scattered, sessile, linear, (3--)5--10(--13) cm × (1--)2--5(--8) mm, 3-veined, margin papillose, apex acute to acuminate. Bracts linear, thickened apically. Flower solitary, rarely up to 9 in a raceme, nodding. Tepals red or light red, nearly unspotted, oblanceolate-spatulate, 3--4.5 cm × 4--8 mm, sometimes with curly hairs proximally on adaxial surface, middle part and apex revolute; nectaries sparsely papillose. Filaments 2--2.5 cm; anthers ca. 7 mm. Ovary cylindric, 1--2 cm × 1--3 mm. Style shorter than or equaling ovary. Capsule narrowly oblong, 2.5(--4) cm × 6--7(--20) mm. Fl. Jul--Aug, fr. Aug--Sep. 2 n = 24*.
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A bulb plant. The bulb is 1.5-2 cm across. The scales are white to pale yellow. The stem is 50-90 cm high. The leaves are scattered and do not have leaf stalks. They are narrow. The leaf blade is 5-10 cm long by 2-5 mm wide. There are 3 veins. The flowers occur singly but there can be 9 in a group. The flowers are red and almost unspotted. Flowers are nodding. The fruit is a capsule. It is narrowly oblong and 2.5 cm long by 6-7 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.02 - 0.02
Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows on grassy slopes and in limestone areas between 100-900 m altitude in north China.
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Riverside meadows and meadow slopes. Grassy slopes in limestone areas; at elevations from 100-900 metres.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

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Edible bulbs roots tubers
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Minimum temperature (C°) -22
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Images

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Distribution

Lilium callosum world distribution map, present in Chile, China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537507-1
WFO ID wfo-0000684854
COL ID 6PYBY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lilium tenuifolium var. stenophyllum Lilium callosum var. stenophyllum Lilium callosum Lilium tenuifolium var. stenophyllum

Lower taxons

Lilium callosum var. flaviflorum Lilium callosum var. callosum
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