young shoot icon Home All plants About

Lilium hansonii Leichtlin ex D.D.T.Moore

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Lilium

Characteristics

Bulb ovoid-globose or subglobose, 3--7 cm in diam.; scales white to yellowish white, ovate to subdeltoid, not articulate. Stem 1--1.5 m. Leaves 4--12-whorled plus a few scattered between apical whorl and basal bract, oblong-oblanceolate, 10--18 × 2--4 cm, apex acuminate. Flowers 4--12 in a raceme, nodding, fragrant. Tepals revolute, yellow or red-orange, with brown spots, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 3--4 cm × 1--1.5 cm, very thick, apex thickened and papillose; nectaries not papillose. Stamens shorter than tepals; filaments glabrous; anthers purplish. Ovary 1--2 cm. Capsule subglobose, 2.5--3.5 cm in diam., 6-winged. Fl. and fr. Jul--Aug. 2 n = 24.
More
A bulb plant. The bulb is oval and 3-7 cm across. The scales are white. The stem is 1-1.5 m high. There are 4-12 leaves in rings. The leaves are 10-18 cm long by 204 cm wide. They taper to the tip. There are 4-12 flowers in a nodding head. They have a scent. The flowers are yellow or red-orange with brown spots. The fruit is a capsule which is round and 2.5-3.5 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 1.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows along river banks.
More
Thickets and open forests in very humus-rich soils.
Light 5-8
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

The bulb is steamed or cooked with other cereals. The bulb is also ground and processed into flour for cakes.
Uses environmental use
Edible bulbs leaves roots tubers
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -27
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Lilium hansonii unspecified picture

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537590-1
WFO ID wfo-0000677704
COL ID 6PYF5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lilium hansonii Lilium medeoloides var. obovatum
WorldFloraDB 2024