药百合 Lilium speciosum var. gloriosoides

  • Scientific Name: Lilium speciosum var. gloriosoides Baker
  • Ref: Gard. Chron., n.s., 14:198. 1880
  • Synonym: Lilium kanahirae Hayata
  • Chinese Common Name: 药百合 yào∙bǎihé
  • Japanese Common Name: タイワンカノコユリ [台湾鹿の子百合] taiwankanokoyuri
  • Family: Liliaceae
  • Genus: Lilium
  • Distribution: Shaded and moist places in forests, grassy slopes; 600–900 m. Anhui, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang.
  • Photo: 08/14/2010, Qingliang Peak, Zhejiang
Bulb flattened subglobose, ca. 5 cm in diam.; scales white, broadly lanceolate, ca. 2 × 1.2 cm. Stem 60--120 cm. Leaves scattered, shortly petiolate, lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, or ovate-lanceolate, 7--18 × 1--5 cm, 3--5-veined, margin papillose, apex acuminate. Flowers 1--5 in a raceme or subumbel, nodding. Tepals recurved, white, with purple-red blotches and spots on proximal 1/3--1/2, lanceolate to narrowly oblong, 6--7.5 × 1--2 cm, margin undulate; nectaries with red, fimbriate projections and papillae on both surfaces. Stamens diverging; filaments green, 5--6 cm; anthers crimson, 1.5--1.8 cm. Ovary 1.2--1.7 cm. Style 3--5 cm. Capsule subglobose, ca. 3 cm in diam. Fl. Jul--Aug, fr. Oct. 2 n = 24*. (Flora of China)

08/14/2010, Qingliang Peak, Zhejiang

Leave a comment