Lilium callosum var. flaviflorum("Kibananohimeyuri")
Japanese name: キバナノヒメユリ(黄花野姫百合) Scientific name:Lilium callosum var. flaviflorum
[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 yellow to orange-yellow, 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.