Lilium kelleyanum
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Lilium kelleyanum is a species from the genus of lilies ( Lilium ) in the section Pseudolirium, which is only native to California.
description
Lilium kelleyanum reaches a height of up to 220 cm. The onions are rhizome-like with small yellowish scales attached to them. It is usually divided into two to three segments or, less often, unsegmented. The stem itself does not form roots . The leaves are lanceolate with the tip sloping towards the ground. They are between 7.8 cm and 15.8 cm long and between 1.2 cm and 5.3 cm wide. They are seldom freely distributed over the stem or usually arranged in one to four whorls of three to ten leaves.
The plant blooms from July to August with 1 to 15 flowers nodding in a large pyramidal panicle with a glossy texture. The hermaphrodite flowers are threefold. The six identical bloom cladding sheets (tepals) are strongly bent back, but not completely rolled up ( Turkic collar shape ) and 4.2 to 5.3 cm long. The basic color of the flowers is cadmium yellow with fine purple dots, towards the base the color changes to a shade of green. Each flower contains three carpels and six stamens. The anthers are magenta or gray-red, the pollen pale orange. The stamp is green. The seeds ripen in 1.5 cm to 2.9 cm large seed pods and germinate with a delay - hypogean .
distribution
The plant is endemic to California . It is very similar to Lilium parvum and shares with it the Sierra Nevada on both banks of Lake Tahoes .
Lilium kelleyanum needs a moist soil, it grows best in mountainous coniferous forests near rivers at altitudes between 2200 m and 2900 m NN.
Systematics
Lilium kelleyanum is very similar to both Lilium parvum and Lilium pardalinum , so that even the status as a separate species was controversial for a while. It forms natural hybrids with both species . A synonym is Lilium nevadense .
use
The starchy onions of the lily are edible and when cooked they taste similar to the potato ( Solanum tuberosum ).
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literature
- Mark W. Skinner: Lilium kelleyanum . In: Flora of North America . tape 26 . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2003, ISBN 978-0-19-515208-1 , pp. 187 ( online [accessed February 2, 2009]).
Web links
- Markus Hohenegger: Lilium kelleyanum. In: The Genus Lilium. Retrieved February 2, 2010 .