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Lilium distichum Nakai

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Lilium

Characteristics

Bulb ovoid, (2.5--)3.5--4 cm in diam.; scales white, lanceolate, 1.5--2 cm × 4--6 mm, articulate. Stem 60--120 cm, papillose. Leaves in a whorl of 7--9(--20) near middle of stem plus a few scattered, obovate-oblanceolate to narrowly oblong-lanceolate, (5--)8--15 × (1--)2--4 cm, glabrous. Bracts 2--2.5 cm × 3--6 mm. Flowers (1 or)2--12 in a raceme, nodding to horizontal. Tepals slightly revolute, pale vermilion, with purple-red spots, ovate-lanceolate, 3.5--4.5 cm × 6--13 mm; nectaries not papillose. Stamens shorter than tepals; filaments 2--2.5 cm, glabrous; anthers to 1 cm. Ovary 8--9 × 2--3 mm. Style ca. 2 × as long as ovary. Capsule obovoid, ca. 2 × 1.5 cm. Fl. Jul--Aug, fr. Sep. 2 n = 24*.
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A bulb plant. The bulb is oval and 3.5-4 cm across. The scales are white. The stems are 60-120 cm high. The leaves occur in rings of 7-9 near the middle of the stem. The flowers are 2-12 together and they are nodding. They are red with purple red spots. The fruit is a round capsule 2 cm long by 1.5 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.25
Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Blooming months
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Environment

Moist and shady broad-leaved woodlands. Forested slopes, forest margins, hillsides along streams; at elevations from 200-1,800 metres.
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It is a temperate plant. They grow in forested slopes along streams between 200-1800 m altitude in N China.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

Uses food
Edible bulbs leaves roots tubers
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Minimum temperature (C°) -25
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Images

Lilium distichum unspecified picture

Distribution

Lilium distichum world distribution map, present in China and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537554-1
WFO ID wfo-0000678285
COL ID 6PYD3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lilium distichum
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