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Lilium longiflorum Thunb.

Easter lily (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Lilium

Characteristics

Bulb usually subglobose, often yellowish, up to 6.5 cm ø; scales closely imbricate. Stem 30-90(-100) cm high, smooth, green, producing roots above the bulb. Leaves alternate, 20-40(-60), sessile, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, attenuate, with up to 20 or more veins of which up to 7 are usually more conspicuous, the largest on each plant up to 15 by 1.5 cm, usually much smaller distally. Flowers often solitary, but up to at least 7, white, horizontal, (12-)15-20 cm long, infundibuliform, the tube (in dried material) 9-12 mm ø. Perianth segments not clawed, reflexed distally; nectariferous furrow glabrous. Filaments filiform above, linear below, in dried material 9-14 cm; anthers 7-12 mm long; pollen yellow. Style 8-12 cm; stigma deeply 3-lobed. Capsule c. 4-6 cm long.
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A bulb or lily plant. It grows 90-100 cm high and spreads 30-45 cm wide. The leaves are scattered and shiny. They are 18 cm long. The flowers are horizontal and trumpet shaped. They have a strong smell. They are 18 cm long and white with a green stripe in the centre.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.28 - 0.48
Mature height (meter) 0.95 - 1.0
Root system -
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Environment

By the coast, often in pockets of coral rock. Found at elevations up to 500 metres in Taiwan.
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It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.
Open grassy slopes at low altitude.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

The bulbs are peeled, parboiled and eaten. A starch is extracted from the bulb. The stem, leaves and flowers are also eaten.
Uses environmental use essential oil medicinal poison
Edible bulbs flowers leaves roots stems tubers
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity allergenic (bulb)
Animal toxicity very strong toxic (cat) (bulb)

Cultivation

Plants are grown by division of the clump of bulbs.
Mode seedlings
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Minimum temperature (C°) -23
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Images

Flower

Lilium longiflorum flower picture by Moon Dirt (cc-by-sa)
Lilium longiflorum flower picture by kozo (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lilium longiflorum world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Bermuda, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Japan, Nicaragua, Philippines, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537642-1
WFO ID wfo-0000678941
COL ID 6PYH8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 446227
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lilium takesima Lilium longiflorum f. vittatum Lilium liukiu Lilium eximium Lilium longiflorum var. albomarginatum Lilium longiflorum var. eximium Lilium longiflorum var. insulare Lilium japonicum var. insulare Lilium longiflorum var. nobile Lilium longiflorum var. takeshima Lilium longiflorum var. vittatum Lilium longiflorum var. wilsonii Lilium longiflorum var. harrisii Lilium longiflorum
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