Lilium speciosum var. speciosum f. kratzeri ("Shiratamayuri")

Japanese name: シラタマユリ （白玉百合）
Scientific name: Lilium speciosum var. speciosum f. kratzeri

[Overview]
A perennial about 1 m tall.
It is found on cliffs in the mountains.
Underground it has a spherical, fleshy bulb, yellowish white or tinged with reddish purple.
The leaves are simple and alternate, ovate-lanceolate, 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 and white, with no spots on the inner surface.
The flowers are fragrant.
The fruit is an oblong capsule.

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