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Hemerocallis fulva

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Hemerocallis fulva

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Also known as orange day-lily, tawny daylily, ditch lily, corn lily, tiger daylily, fulvous daylily, Fourth of July lily, railroad daylily

species of plant

Species

day lily

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAsparagales
  5. FamilyAsphodelaceae
Native toChina North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan
Observations recorded33,575

萱草(Hemerocallis fulva、Orange Daylily)是萱草科萱草屬植物,旧的克朗奎斯特分類法中属於百合科(Liliaceae)。別名眾多,有忘憂草、紫萱、宜男草、療愁、鹿箭、黃花菜等名。原產於中國、西伯利亞、日本和東南亞,臺灣於1661年由華南引入。為中國傳統的母親花,常以萱堂代稱母親,與椿庭相對,古稱諼草。 萱草作為較大的物種分類,包含金針菜在內的同屬多種植物,台灣種植的金針菜為Hemerocallis fulva L.(俗稱「本地種」)。《本草綱目》曰:「今東人采其花跗干而貨之,名為黃花菜。」 黃花菜、金針所指物種為Hemerocallis citrina、Hemerocallis fulva L,與觀賞用大苞萱草為不同物種,卷丹也常被誤認甚至誤食。 所屬之黃花菜屬的拉丁文屬名Hemerocallis源於希臘文,表示「一日之美」,以其花一朵多僅開一日為名,從日出開至日落,隔日即換上另一、二朵綻放。多種在盆裡用來觀賞。 其葉形為扁平狀的長線型,與地下莖有微量的毒,不可直接食用。花形則是於開花期會長出細長綠色的開花枝,花色橙黃、花柄很長、呈為像百合花一樣的筒狀。結出來的果子有翅。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,713
With media
2,264
Family
Asphodelaceae
Collections
IIB-UV, CM, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, USU, ANSP, CHAS
Recorded in
Mexico, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
perennial plant
Parent taxon
Hemerocallis
Image
00 6322 Hemerocallis fulva - Gelbroten Taglilie.jpg
Has use
fiber
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species
taxon name
Hemerocallis fulva
Commons category
Hemerocallis fulva
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Hemerocallis fulva
taxon common name
萱草嫩苗
taxon range
China
short name
H. fulva
taxon author citation
(L.) L.
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Encyclopedic overview

Hemerocallis fulva, the orange day-lily, tawny daylily, corn lily, tiger daylily, fulvous daylily, ditch lily or Fourth of July lily (also railroad daylily, roadside daylily, outhouse lily, track lily, and wash-house lily), is a species of daylily native to Asia. It is very widely grown as an ornamental plant in temperate climates for its showy flowers and ease of cultivation. It is not a true lily in the genus Lilium, but gets its common name from the superficial similarity of its flowers to Lilium and from the fact that each flower lasts only one day.

Orange day-lily in Tashkent Botanical Garden

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