Lilium wallichianum Schult.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Lilium

Characteristics

A lily. It is a herb and a bulb plant. It grows to about 1.5 m high. The leaves do not have leaf stalks. They are alternate. They are 7.5-15 cm long by 0.5-0.8 cm wide. They are narrow and taper to the tip. The flowers are white and have a scent. They are large and produced singly.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.28 - 0.4
Mature height (meter) 1.4 - 1.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Open slopes and grassland; at elevations from 1,200-2,000 metres. Moist shady places; at elevations from 1,100-2000 metres in Nepal.
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It is a temperate plant. In Nepal it grows between 1100-2000 m altitude. In grows in moist, shady places.
Light 5-8
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The bulbs are boiled or roasted and eaten.
Uses essential oil medicinal
Edible bulbs flowers leaves roots stems tubers
Therapeutic use Demulcent (unspecified), Pectoral (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or bulbs.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Lilium wallichianum unspecified picture

Distribution

Lilium wallichianum world distribution map, present in Indonesia, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537840-1
WFO ID wfo-0000680385
COL ID 6PXY3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lilium wallichianum Lilium longiflorum Lilium batisua

Lower taxons

Lilium wallichianum var. neilgherrense Lilium longiflorum var. longiflorum Lilium wallichianum var. wallichianum