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Lilium concolor Salisb.

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Lilium

Characteristics

Bulb ovoid, (1.5--)2--3.5 cm in diam.; scales white, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 2--2.5(--3.5) × 1--1.5(--3) cm. Stem occasionally tinged purple near base, 30--50(--80) cm, papillose, rooting near bulb. Leaves scattered, sessile, linear, (2--)3--7(--10) cm × 2--10 mm, veins and margin papillose, apex acute. Flowers 1--5 in a subumbel or raceme, erect. Tepals stellately spreading, deep red, spotted or unspotted, oblong-lanceolate to oblanceolate, 2.2--5.2 cm × 4--14 mm; nectaries papillose on both surfaces. Stamens converging; filaments 1.8--2 cm, glabrous; anthers ca. 7 mm. Ovary 1--1.2 cm × 2--3 mm. Style 7--9 mm. Capsule oblong, (1.5--)3--3.5 × ca. 2.2 cm. Fl. May--Jul, fr. Aug--Sep.
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A bulb plant. The bulb is oval. It is 2-3.5 cm across. The scales are white. The stem can be tinged with purple near the base. The stem is 30-50 cm high. The leaves are scattered and narrow. They are 3-7 cm long by 2-10 mm wide. The flowers occur as 1-5 together. They are erect. The flowers are deep red and can have spots. The fruit is a capsule which is oblong. It is 3-3.5 cm long by 2.2 cm wide. Some varieties occur.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.14 - 0.14
Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Flower color
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Environment

Scrub in pockets of humus on carboniferous limestone and in heavy limey soil; at elevations from 1,500-2,200 metres. Moist places in forests, thickets, moist meadows, grassy slopes and sunny grassland.
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It is a temperate plant. It grows in moist places in the forest and sunny grasslands from 300-2200 m altitude in N China. I Yunnan.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

The bulb is edible. It is also used in medicine. (The unspotted variety is eaten)
Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible bulbs flowers leaves roots tubers
Therapeutic use Boil (unspecified), Energy (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Lung (unspecified), Shortwindedness (unspecified), Anemia (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Hemoptysis (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Minimum temperature (C°) -33
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Images

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537536-1
WFO ID wfo-0000678166
COL ID 6PYBD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lilium concolor Lilium concolor var. luteum Lilium concolor var. mutsuanum Lilium coridion var. partheneion Lilium concolor var. strictum Lilium concolor f. partheneion Lilium concolor f. coridion Lilium concolor f. okihime Lilium concolor f. coridion Lilium concolor var. sinicum Lilium concolor var. uniflorum

Lower taxons

Lilium concolor var. megalanthum Lilium concolor var. partheneion Lilium concolor var. pulchellum Lilium concolor var. concolor
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