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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.

Details

Names
Japanese: シマカノコユリ(島鹿子百合)
Life form
Perennial
Habit
Terrestrial
Flowering season
July, August, September
Fruiting season
October, November
Distribution or origin
Japan (Kyushu)
Height
1000–1500 mm
Leaf shape
Simple leaf (unlobed)
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf margin
Entire
Inflorescence
Raceme, Panicle
Number of petals
6
Flower color
Pink, White
Leaf color
Green
Availability of seeds and plants
High
Form sold
Bulbs
Soil needs
Required
Suitable uses
Potted plant
Designated plants
VU: Vulnerable (Class II), Endemic to Japan

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

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