Lilium maculatum var. monticola("Yamasukashiyuri")
Japanese name: ヤマスカシユリ（山透百合） Scientific name:Lilium maculatum var. monticola
[Overview]
A perennial that grows in deep mountains.
Underground it has an ovoid, fleshy, white bulb.
The stem is ridged, and the lower part has papillate projections.
The flower stalks and buds have no woolly hairs.
Leaves are simple and alternate, lanceolate, with entire margins.
The leaf surface is glossy.
The leaves have no stalk.
A raceme at the top of the stem bears one to several upward-facing flowers.
The flowers are cup-shaped.
There are 6 tepals, orange-red, with reddish-brown spots on the inner surface.
The tips of the tepals curve back slightly, with narrow gaps in the lower part.
The fruit is a capsule.
[Notes]
The Japanese name comes from the fact that it grows in the mountains and that there are gaps between the tepals.
