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Lilium nepalense D.Don

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Lilium

Characteristics

Bulb subglobose, ca. 2 cm in diam.; scales white, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 2--2.5 × 1--1.2 cm. Stem 40--120 cm, papillose. Leaves scattered, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 5--10 × 2--3 cm, glabrous, 5-veined, margin papillose. Flowers solitary or 3--5 in a raceme, nodding, somewhat trumpet-shaped. Tepals revolute, pale yellow or greenish yellow, rarely orange-yellow, tinged purplish in throat, suboblong, 6--9(--13) × 1.6--1.8 cm; nectaries not papillose. Filaments 5--5.5 cm, glabrous; anthers 8--9(--25) mm. Ovary cylindric, 1.5--1.8 cm. Style 4--5 cm; stigma swollen, ca. 4 mm in diam. Fl. Jun--Jul. 2 n = 24.
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A herb and bulb plant. The bulb is 2 cm across. The plant grows to 1.5 m high and spreads 30-45 cm wide. There are underground stems which can produce bulbs and new shoots. The leaves do not have leaf stalks. Leaves are alternate, opposite or in rings. They are 3-12.5 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The are sword shaped and taper. The flowers are large and creamy yellow with purple dots. They occur singly and droop.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature width (meter) 0.06 - 0.26
Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

A temperate plant. In Nepal plants grow between 2200-3400 m altitude. They grow in moist places. In China it grows in bushy places in mixed forest between 2600-2900 m altitude in S China. It needs protection from frost. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.
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Exposed positions amongst rocks, open slopes, bushy places in mixed forests, often found on limestone rocks and in bamboo thickets; at elevations from 2,100-3,500 metres.
Light 5-8
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-5
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The boiled bulbs are eaten.
Uses medicinal
Edible bulbs leaves roots tubers
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds or by bulbs.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Lilium nepalense world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537687-1
WFO ID wfo-0000679061
COL ID 729X7
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Synonyms

Lilium ochroleucum Lilium nepalense Lilium nepalense var. nepalense
WorldFloraDB 2024