Lilium brownii

Chinese lily

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassLiliopsida
4. OrderLiliales
5. FamilyLiliaceae

Native toChina North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Myanmar

Observations480

Observations recorded2,074

Bulb globose, 2--4.5 cm in diam.; scales white, lanceolate, 1.8--4 × 0.8--1.4 cm. Stem 0.7--2 m, smooth or papillose. Leaves scattered, frequently distal ones gradually becoming smaller, lanceolate, linear, oblanceolate, or obovate, 7--15 × (0.6--)1--2 cm, 5--7-veined. Flowers solitary or several in a subumbel, funnelform, fragrant. Tepals spreading distally and recurved apically, milk white, suffused purplish, unspotted; outer ones oblong-oblanceolate, 13--18 × 2--4.3 cm; inner ones spatulate, 3.4--5 cm wide; nectaries papillose on both surfaces. Stamens curved upward; filaments 10--13 cm, densely pilose to glabrous. Style 8.5--11 cm. Capsule 4.5--6 × ca. 3.5 cm. Fl. Jun--Aug, fr. Sep--Oct.

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Specimen records

87

With media

83

Family

Liliaceae

Collections

CAS, MICH, NY, UCONN, US, GH

Recorded in

China, Hong Kong

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Lilium

Image

Lilium brownii (1).jpg

Has use

food

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