尖被百合 Lilium lophophorum

  • Scientific Name: Lilium lophophorum (Bureau & Franch.) Franch.
  • Ref: J. Bot. (Morot) 12:221. 1898
  • Synonyms: Fritillaria lophophora Bureau & Franch.; Nomocharis lophophora (Bureau & Franch.) W.E.Evans
  • Chinese Common Name: 尖被百合 jiānbèi bǎihé
  • Family: Liliaceae
  • Genus: Lilium
  • Distribution: Forests, bushy slopes, alpine grasslands; 2500–4500 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan.
  • Photo: Daxueshan, Yunnan
Bulb subovoid, 1.5--3.5 cm in diam.; scales rather lax, white, lanceolate, 3.5--4 cm × 6--7 mm. Stem 10--45 cm. Leaves highly variable, clustered to scattered, linear, narrowly lanceolate, lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, 5--12 × 0.3--2 cm, margin papillose. Bracts 5--13 cm × 3--10 mm. Flowers usually solitary, occasionally 2 or 3, nodding. Tepals yellow, pale yellow, or pale yellowish green, with purple-red spots or unspotted, lanceolate or narrowly ovate-lanceolate, 4.5--5.7 × 0.9--1.6 cm; inner ones with fimbriate projections on both surfaces of nectaries. Stamens converging, 1.5--2 cm; filaments glabrous; anthers 7--10 mm. Ovary 1--1.2 cm × 3--4 mm. Style ca. 1 cm. Capsule 2--3 × 1.5--2 cm. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Aug--Sep. (Flora of China)

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