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Lilium wardii ( Chinese 卓巴 百合 , Pinyin zhuóbā bǎihé ) is a species from the genus of lilies ( Lilium ) in the Asian section .
description
Lilium wardii reaches a height of 60 to 100 cm. The onions are round to bell-shaped and reach a diameter between 2.5 cm and 4 cm, they are covered with white, red-dotted scales. The stem is purple to brown and forms stolons . The leaves are narrow and lanceolate, 3 to 5.5 cm long and between 6 and 7 mm wide. They are distributed around the stem and adaxially (facing the leaf axis) deeply penetrated by three leaf veins. The edge is papillae .
The plant blooms from June to August with two to ten flowers nodding in a panicle , rarely with a single flower. The hermaphrodite flowers are threefold. The six identical bloom cladding sheets ( tepals ) are strongly bent back ( Turk's collar shape ) and 4.5 to 6 cm long and between 8 mm and 10 mm wide. The basic color of the flowers is pale purple-red or pink, with dark purple dots. The edges of the petals curl. The anthers are purple, the pollen are purple, and the filaments are also purple and 4 cm to 4.5 cm long. The nectaries are neither papilla nor fringed. The seeds ripen in August to form oval seed capsules about 2 cm in size and germinate immediately and epigeously .
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.
distribution
Lilium wardii is found on the edges of forests and on stony meadows at altitudes between 2000 and 3400 m above sea level .
The species is native to the provinces of Guizhou , Sichuan of the People's Republic of China and southeast Tibet . The main area of distribution is Tibet.
literature
- Flora Of China , Vol. 24, p. 143, online
Individual evidence
Web links
- Description on genus-lilium.com (in German and English )