Lilium michiganense
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Lilium michiganense is a kind from the kind of the lilies ( Lilium ) in the American section . This type of lily is rarely found in culture.
description
Lilium michiganense reaches a height of up to 190 cm. The onions are small, rounded and unsegmented, they are covered with white to yellowish lanceolate scales. The plant forms rhizomes .
The stem is smooth and straight. The leaves are narrow and lanceolate, 4.6 to 15.3 cm long and 0.6 to 2.3 cm wide. They are covered on both sides with short, stiff, white hair and eyelashes on the edges. The leaves are freely distributed around the stem and the tip is sloping downwards.
The plant blooms in July with a single, or up to six fragrant flowers nodding in a panicle . The hermaphrodite flowers are threefold. The six identical bloom cladding sheets ( tepals ) are rolled backwards and 9.5 to 9.3 cm long. The basic color of the flowers is orange to dark red with brown speckles. Each flower contains three carpels and six stamens. The anthers are about 10 mm long and the pollen are brown-orange.
The seeds mature in oval seed capsules 3.4 cm to 6.5 cm long and germinate with a delay - hypogean .
distribution
The species is distributed throughout eastern North America, regardless of its name, in the states of Ontario , Arkansas , Illinois , Indiana , Iowa , Kansas , Kentucky , Michigan , Minnesota , Montana , Nebraska , New York , Ohio , Oklahoma , South Dakota , Tennessee and Wisconsin .
Lilium michiganense needs a moist but well-drained soil, it thrives best on prairies with long grasses near rivers or on swamps at altitudes between 100 m and 600 m above sea level.
Systematics
The species is closely related to Lilium superbum , the Canada lily ( Lilium canadense ) and Lilium grayi . In the areas in which it occurs together with these species, natural hybrid formation occurs .
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literature
- Mark W. Skinner: Lilium michiganense . In: Flora of North America . tape 26 . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2003, ISBN 978-0-19-515208-1 , pp. 195 ( online [accessed February 2, 2009]).
Web links
- Markus Hohenegger: Lilium michiganense. In: The Genus Lilium. Retrieved February 2, 2010 .