Lilium superbum
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Lilium superbum is a species from the genus of the lilies ( Lilium ) in the American section .
description
Lilium superbum is a perennial herbaceous plant , it can reach a stature height of 80 cm to 300 cm. The onions are small and round, they consist of white scales and form runners .
The stem is hard, straight and reddish in color. The lanceolate leaves can be up to 18 cm long and 3 cm wide, they are arranged in several whorls around the stem.
It blooms from July to September in down-hanging panicles with up to 40 flowers. The hermaphrodite flowers do not smell and are up to 6 cm in diameter. The six recurved bloom , there are three crown- and three sepals , but look very similar and are up to 9 cm long. The color of the flowers varies from yellow to orange to red, densely covered with dark brown spots, with a green star in the center of the flower. This star is a sure differentiator to the tiger lily ( Lilium lancifolium ), which is otherwise very similar to Lilium superbum . The filaments are yellowish-white, the anthers and pollen brown. The seeds ripen from September to October and germinate with a delay - hypogeic according to a warm-cold-warm cycle (autumn-winter-spring), in which each period is around two months long.
distribution
It is mainly found in the Appalachian Mountains , but it is also found very sporadically in the entire area from New Hampshire in the north to the Florida border in the south, Arkansas and Minnesota form the western border .
Lilium superbum is only found in damp areas, preferably in wet meadows or damp woods. The ground must be shaded all year round.
Systematics
It is the closest relative of Lilium pyrophilum and closely related to Lilium michauxii and Lilium iridollae .
use
Lilium superbum is widely cultivated in the USA, and there are probably far more cultivated specimens than wild ones.
In times of famine, the Cherokee Indians ground the lily onions into flour or consumed boiled lily onions.
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literature
- Mark W. Skinner: Lilium superbum . In: Flora of North America . tape 26 . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2003, ISBN 978-0-19-515208-1 , pp. 192 ( online [accessed February 2, 2009]).
Web links
- Markus Hohenegger: Lilium superbum. In: The Genus Lilium. Retrieved February 2, 2010 .