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Lilium davidii Duch.

Species

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Characteristics

Bulb flattened globose or broadly ovoid, 2--4.5 cm in diam.; scales white, broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 2--3.5 × 1--1.5 cm. Stem sometimes tinged purple, 50--100 cm, densely papillose. Leaves scattered, but relatively crowded at middle of stem, linear, 7--12 cm × 2--3(--6) mm, axil sometimes with white woolly hairs, margin recurved, conspicuously papillose. Flowers solitary or 2--8 in a raceme, nodding. Tepals orange, with dark purple spots on proximal 2/3; outer ones 5--6 × 1.2--1.4 cm; inner ones 1.6--1.8 cm wide; nectaries papillose on both surfaces and with a few fimbriate projections abaxially. Filaments 4--5.5 cm; anthers 1.4--1.6 cm. Style 2--3 cm. Capsule ca. 3.5 × 1.6--2 cm. Fl. and fr. Jun--Sep.
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A bulb plant. It grows 0.9-1.5 m high and spreads 30-45 cm wide. The bulb is flattened and round. It is 2-4.5 cm across. The scales are white. The stem is sometimes tinged with purple and is 50-100 cm high. It is densely hairy. The leaves are scattered but crowded at the middle of the stem. They are narrow and 7-12 cm long by 2-3 mm wide. The flowers can be single or 2-8 together. They are nodding. They are orange with dark purple spots. The fruit is a capsule about 3.5 cm long by 1.6-2 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature width (meter) 0.28 - 0.35
Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in moist open forest margins and grassy slopes between 800-3200 m altitude. It suits hardiness zones 5-9. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Moist places in forests, forest margins and grassy slopes; at elevations from 800-3,200 metres.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 6-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

The bulbs are eaten.
Uses environmental use gene source medicinal
Edible bulbs leaves roots tubers
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Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Lilium davidii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537550-1
WFO ID wfo-0000678038
COL ID 6PYCT
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Lilium davidii f. macranthum Lilium davidii var. macranthum Lilium willmottiae var. unicolor Lilium davidii var. unicolor Lilium davidii var. schootii Lilium davidii

Lower taxons

Lilium davidii var. willmottiae Lilium davidii var. davidii
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