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Lilium callosum var. callosum ("Nohimeyuri")

Japanese name: ノヒメユリ (野姫百合)
Scientific name: Lilium callosum var. callosum

[Overview]
A perennial 60–100 cm tall, growing in grasslands in the mountains.
It has an underground bulb.
Leaves are simple and alternate, linear, with entire margins.
There are no petioles.
There are no bulbils in the leaf axils.
A raceme at the top of the stem bears 2–9 flowers that face diagonally downward.
The flowers are the smallest among the lilies native to Japan.
The tepals are strongly recurved, 3–4 cm long and orange-red, with indistinct spots on the inner surface.
The style of the pistil is not longer than the ovary.
The fruit is a capsule.

[Notes]
It resembles Kooniyuri, but can be distinguished by not producing stolons and by its linear leaves.

Details

Names
Japanese: ノヒメユリ(野姫百合)、スゲユリ(菅百合)
Life form
Perennial
Habit
Terrestrial
Flowering season
August
Fruiting season
October, November
Distribution or origin
Japan (Kyushu), Korea, China, Taiwan, Amur
Height
600–1000 mm
Leaf shape
Linear
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf margin
Entire
Inflorescence
Raceme
Number of petals
6
Flower color
Red, Orange
Leaf color
Green
Availability of seeds and plants
High
Form sold
Bulbs
Soil needs
Required
Suitable uses
Potted plant
Designated plants
EN: Endangered (Class IB)

Translated from our Japanese encyclopedia. If anything differs, the Japanese page is correct.

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