Lilium lijiangense
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Lilium lijiangense ( Chinese 麗江 百合 / 丽江 百合 , Pinyin Lìjiāng bǎihé ), synonym also Lilium ningnanense is a species from the genus of lilies ( Lilium ) in the Asian section . The species is currently not in culture.
description
Lilium lijiangense is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 55 to 60 centimeters. The bulbs are oval and reach a diameter of 2.5 to 4 cm. They are covered with white purple mottled lanceolate scales.
The stem is dotted purple or covered with purple stripes. The leaves , freely distributed around the stem, are elliptical or egg-lanceolate , between 5 and 11 cm long and 1.5 to 3 cm wide. They are 7–9 nervous and have a tuft of white, woolly hair in the leaf axils.
It blooms from July to August with a single or two to five fragrant flowers nodding in a panicle . The hermaphrodite flowers are threefold. The six bracts (tepals) are of the same shape from oval to lanceolate in shape and 4 to 4.5 cm long and about 0.8 cm to 1 cm wide. The tips of the petals are papillae and bent over. The basic color of the flowers is yellow with purple or brown spots. The anthers are about 7 mm long, the pollen are brown and the filaments are about 2.5 to 3 cm long. The stylus is 3 to 3.5 cm long and the scar is 7 mm to 10 mm thick. The nectaries are blackish-red and not papilose and the stamens tend to diverge. The seeds mature in seed pods.
distribution
Lilium lijiangense grows at altitudes from 3300 m to 3400 m above sea level.
The species is in the western province of Sichuan and the northwest of the province of Yunnan in the People's Republic of China endemic .
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literature
- Liang Songyun, Minoru N. Tamura: Lilium lijiangense . In: Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven, Hong Deyuan (eds.): Flora of China . tape 24 . Missouri Botanical Garden Press / Science Press, St. Louis / Beijing 2000, ISBN 978-0-915279-83-8 , pp. 144 ( online [accessed February 3, 2009]).
Web links
- Markus Hohenegger: Lilium lijiangense. In: The Genus Lilium. Retrieved February 3, 2010 .