Lilium speciosum var. speciosum("Shimakanokoyuri")
Japanese name: シマカノコユリ(島鹿子百合) Scientific name:Lilium speciosum var. speciosum
[Overview]
A perennial 100–150 cm tall, growing on coastal cliffs and on rocks in gorges.
Underground it has a spherical, fleshy bulb 7–10 cm in diameter, yellowish white or tinged with reddish purple.
The leaves are simple and alternate, ovate-lanceolate, 10–18 cm long, with entire margins.
The leaf surface is glossy.
The leaves have short stalks.
A raceme to panicle at the top of the stem bears several to 20 flowers, which bloom facing obliquely downward.
The tepals are strongly recurved, 8–10 cm long, white tinged with pale pink, with deep red spots on the inner surface.
The pollen is reddish brown.
The flowers are fragrant.
The fruit is an oblong capsule 3–4 cm long.