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Lilium pensylvanicum ("Ezosukashiyuri")

Japanese name: エゾスカシユリ (蝦夷透百合)
Scientific name: Lilium pensylvanicum

[Overview]
A perennial 20–90 cm tall, growing on sandy ground along the coast.
It has a white bulb underground that is not bitter.
The stem is angled.
Unlike Sukashi-yuri, there are few papillate projections on the lower part of the stem.
The leaves are simple, alternate, densely arranged, lanceolate, with entire margins.
The leaves are thick and glossy on the upper surface.
The leaves have no stalk.
A raceme at the top of the stem bears one to several flowers that open facing upward.
The flowers are cup-shaped.
The tepals are orange-red, with reddish brown spots on the inner surface.
There are gaps between the tepals.
The fruit is a capsule.

Details

Names
Japanese: エゾスカシユリ(蝦夷透百合)
Life form
Perennial
Habit
Terrestrial
Flowering season
June, July, August
Fruiting season
October, November
Distribution or origin
Japan (Hokkaido), southern Kuril Islands, Urup Island, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, Dauria, Korea, northeastern China
Height
200–900 mm
Leaf shape
Simple leaf (unlobed)
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

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

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