Japanese name: タカサゴユリ（高砂百合） Scientific name:Lilium formosanum
[Overview]
A perennial 0.3–1.5 m tall, sometimes reaching 2 m, growing on sunny slopes, roadsides and vacant lots.
It has a spherical to broadly ovoid bulb 5 cm in diameter underground.
The leaves are simple and alternate, densely borne, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 10–30 cm long and 0.5–1 cm wide, with entire margins.
There is no leaf stalk.
A raceme at the top of the stem bears several to a dozen or so flowers, which face sideways to slightly downward.
The flowers are tubular, 15–20 cm long, white and without spots; the tepals open widely at the tips and curve back.
The outside of the tepals is usually tinged reddish purple.
The pollen is usually yellowish brown.
The fruit is an oblong capsule 5–7 cm long.
[History]
It arrived in Japan in 1923 and has become naturalized in warm regions.
