WorldFloraDB - Lycoris squamigera

Characteristics

Bulbs ovoid, ca. 5 cm in diam. Leaves first appearing in autumn and a second time in early spring, green, ligulate, ca. 8 × 2 cm, apex obtuse. Flowering stem ca. 60 cm. Umbel 4-or 5-flowered; involucres 2, lanceolate, ca. 6 × 1.3 cm. Perianth pale purple; tube ca. 2 cm; lobes oblanceolate, ca. 7 × 1.8 cm, margin basally slightly undulate. Stamens nearly as long as perianth. Style slightly longer than perianth. Fl. Aug. 2 n = 27.

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A bulb plant. The leaves grow 30 cm high and flowers are 60 cm high. It spreads 15 cm wide. The leaves are strap shaped and broad. The flower stems are slender and greenish-brown. There is a loose cluster of funnel-shaped flowers at the top. The flowers are large and pinkish-mauve. These are 10 cm long. The stamens do not stick out.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

0.15

Mature height (meter)

0.7

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

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

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It will grow in full sun or light shade. It needs well drained soil that is dry in summer. It grows from sea level to 1,200 m above sea level.

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Edges of cultivated fields.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use medicinal
Edible	bulbs roots
Therapeutic use	Tumor (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants are grown from bulbs. These are planted 10-12 cm deep and spaced 20 cm apart. Plants can be propagated by division.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-18
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-