Lilium japonicum f. purpureum ("Benibanasasayuri")

Japanese name: ベニバナササユリ （紅花笹百合）
Scientific name: Lilium japonicum f. purpureum

[Overview]
A perennial growing in mountain grasslands.
It has an ovoid bulb underground.
The scales are white and not bitter.
The stem grows 50–100 cm tall.
The leaves are simple and alternate, lanceolate.
There is a leaf stalk.
Several flowers are borne at the top of the stem and open sideways.
There are 6 tepals, funnel-shaped, with slightly recurved tips, and rose pink.
The pollen is reddish brown.
The fruit is an obovate capsule.

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