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Lilium sargentiae E.H.Wilson

Species

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Characteristics

Bulb subglobose or broadly ovoid, 5--6 cm in diam.; scales lanceolate, 3.5--4 × 1.5--1.7 cm. Stem 45--160 cm, papillose. Leaves scattered, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 5.5--12 × 1--3 cm; axil with green bulblets (on distal leaves). Flowers solitary or 2--4 in a subumbel, funnelform. Tepals white, pale green toward base; outer ones oblanceolate, 14--17 × 2--2.8 cm; inner ones narrowly obovate-spatulate, wide; nectaries yellowish green, not papillose. Filaments 11--13 cm, densely pubescent proximally; anthers 1.4--2 cm, with brownish yellow pollen. Ovary purple, 3.5--4.5 cm × 3--5 mm. Style 10--11 cm. Capsule oblong, 6--7 × ca. 3.5 cm. Fl. Jul--Aug, fr. Oct. 2 n = 24*.
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A bulb plant. The bulb is broadly oval and 5-6 cm across. The scales are sword shaped. The stem is 45-160 cm tall. The leaves are scattered and sword shaped. They are 5.5-12 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. There are small bulbs in the axils of leaves. The flowers can occur singly or as 2-4 in a group. They are white and pale green toward the base. The fruit is a capsule and is 6-7 cm long by 3.5 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.25
Mature height (meter) 1.5
Root system -
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Environment

Grows amongst rank grasses and scrub on granite, slate and mud shales. Thicket margins and grassy slopes; at elevations from 500-2,000 metres.
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It is a temperate plant. It grows in thickets and grassy slopes between 500-2000 m altitude in S China. In Sichuan and probably Yunnan.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-7

Usage

Uses food
Edible bulbs flowers leaves roots tubers
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Minimum temperature (C°) -22
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Images

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Distribution

Lilium sargentiae world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537782-1
WFO ID wfo-0000676939
COL ID 729VZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lilium sargentiae Lilium formosum Lilium leucanthum var. sargentiae Lilium omeiense
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