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Lilium pumilum Redouté

Species

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Characteristics

Bulb ovoid or conical, 2--3 cm in diam.; scales white, oblong or narrowly ovate, 2--3 × 1--1.5 cm. Stem sometimes streaked with purple, 15--60 cm, papillose. Leaves scattered near middle of stem, linear, 3.5--9 × 1.5--3 cm, midvein prominent abaxially, margin papillose. Flowers solitary or several in a raceme, nodding. Tepals revolute, bright red, usually unspotted, occasionally with a few spots near base, 4--4.5 cm × 8--11 mm, not minutely papillose adaxially; nectaries papillose on both surfaces. Filaments 1.2--2.5 cm, glabrous; anthers yellow, with reddish pollen, ca. 1 cm. Ovary 8--10 mm. Style 1--2 cm. Capsule oblong, ca. 2 × 1.2--1.8 cm. Fl. Jul--Aug, fr. Sep--Oct. 2 n = 24*.
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A bulb plant and herb. The bulb is oval and 2-3 cm across. The scales are white. It grows 25-60 cm high and 15-20 cm wide. It roots from the stem. The leaves are scattered near the middle of the stem. The leaf blade is 3.5-9 cm long by 1.5-3 cm wide. The flowers are nodding. There can be 30 on a stem. They are vivid scarlet. Some have black spots at the centre. They are scented. The fruit is a capsule which is oblong and 2 cm long by 1.2-1.8 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.6
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It is frost hardy. It cannot tolerate lime. In China it grows in forest margins and grassy slopes between 400-2600 m altitude in N China. It suits hardiness zones 5-9. In Inner Mongolia.
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Dry open stony southern slopes in mountainous areas and on foothills. Grassland and low scrub in shallow humus-rich soils; at elevations from 400-2,600 metres.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 2-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

The bulbs are eaten and used in soup and also used in medicine. The flowers are fried.
Uses food medicinal ornamental
Edible bulbs flowers leaves roots tubers
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Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
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Minimum temperature (C°) -27
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Images

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323396-2
WFO ID wfo-0000676762
COL ID 6PY8G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lilium puniceum Lilium pumilum Lilium stenophyllum Lilium tenuifolium Lilium chrysanthum Lilium potaninii Lilium linifolium Lilium sinensium Lilium pumilum var. sinensium Lilium pumilum var. potaninii Lilium tenuifolium var. chrysanthum Lilium pumilum var. flavum
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