WorldFloraDB - Lilium nanum

Characteristics

Bulb oblong, 1.5--2.3 cm in diam.; scales white, lanceolate, 2--2.5 cm × 5--8 mm. Stem 10--30 cm. Leaves scattered, linear, 6--11 × 4--8.5 cm. Flower solitary, nodding, campanulate. Tepals pale purple, purplish red, or yellow, rarely white, usually with deep purple spots adaxially; outer ones elliptic, 2.5--2.7 × 1--1.2 cm; inner ones slightly wider than outer; nectaries with fimbriate projections on both surfaces. Stamens converging; filaments 1--12 mm, glabrous; anthers ca. 6 mm. Ovary ca. 1 cm × 3--6 mm. Style 4--6 mm; stigma 3--4 mm in diam. Capsule yellow, tinged purple on ribs, 2.8--3.5 × 2--2.5 cm. Fl. Jun, fr. Sep.

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A bulb plant. The bulb is oblong. It is 1.5-2.3 cm across. The scales are white. The stem is 10-30 cm long. The leaves are narrow and scattered. They are 6-11 cm long by 4-8.5 cm wide. The flower is single and nodding. The flowers are purple, red or yellow with deep purple spots. The fruit is a yellow capsule tinged with purple. It is 2.8-3.5 cm long by 2-2.5 cm wide.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

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Mature width (meter)

0.11 - 0.11

Mature height (meter)

0.45

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

A subtropical plant. It grows on the edges of forests and on grassy slopes in alpine grasslands between 3500-4500 m altitude in S China. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

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Open grassy, rocky hillsides, amongst dwarf rhododendron shrubs, forest margins, thickets, and alpine grasslands; at elevations from 3,500-4,500 metres.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	bulbs leaves roots tubers
Therapeutic use	-
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Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
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Minimum temperature (C°)	-25
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