Lilium leucanthum Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Lilium

Characteristics

Bulb subglobose, 3.5--4 cm in diam.; scales brownish yellow or purple when dried, lanceolate, ca. 3.5 × 1 cm. Stem 0.6--1.5 m, papillose. Leaves scattered, lanceolate, 8--17 cm × 6--10 mm. Flowers 1--4, funnelform, slightly fragrant. Tepals white, tinged pale yellow adaxially, tinged pale green-yellow or purple or brownish along midvein abaxially; outer ones lanceolate, 12--15 × 1.2--2.8 cm; inner ones spatulate, 2.6--3.8 cm wide; nectaries not papillose. Filaments 10--22 cm, densely pubescent proximally; anthers pale yellow, ca. 1 cm. Ovary 3.5--4 cm. Style to 10 cm, basally pubescent. Fl. Jun--Jul.
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A bulb lily.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 1.05 - 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

It is a temperate plant.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-8

Usage

Uses -
Edible bulbs
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions.
Mode divisions
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Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Lilium leucanthum unspecified picture

Distribution

Lilium leucanthum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537636-1
WFO ID wfo-0000678994
COL ID 6PYHB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lilium leucanthum Lilium chloraster Lilium leucanthum var. chloraster Lilium longiflorum var. chloraster Lilium leucanthum var. primarium Lilium brownii var. leucanthum Lilium leucanthum var. leiostylum

Lower taxons

Lilium leucanthum var. centifolium Lilium leucanthum var. leucanthum