Japanese name: ジンリョウユリ（神領百合） Scientific name:Lilium abeanum
[Overview]
A perennial that grows in mountains on serpentine rock.
Underground it has a somewhat flattened, ovoid bulb with white scales.
The stem grows 50–100 cm tall but is slender, about 3 mm in diameter.
The leaves are simple and alternate, lanceolate, about 10 cm long, with entire margins.
Many have leaf margins edged in white.
1–3 flowers are borne at the top of the stem and open sideways.
The tepals number 6 and form a funnel shape about 7 cm long, with slightly recurved tips; they are usually pale pink, but variation is seen.
The bases of the tepals are deep red.
The fruit is an obovate capsule about 4 cm long.
[History]
It was discovered in Shinryo, Kamiyama, Tokushima.
