Lilium maculatum
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Lilium maculatum (Japanese: スカシユリ(透百合), Sukashiyuri) is a plant in the lily family native to the central and northern regions of Japan, widely cultivated as an ornamental.[1][3][4][5]
It is a stem rooting lily, growing 20 to 60 centimeters high. It bears a number of orange flowers with red-brown spots.
- Varieties[1]
- Lilium maculatum var. bukosanense (Honda) H.Hara - called "Miyama-sukashiyuri," found on Mount Bukō in Honshu
- Lilium maculatum var. maculatum
- formerly included[1]
- Lilium maculatum subsp. dauricum (Ker Gawl.) H.Hara, now considered a synonym of Lilium pensylvanicum Ker Gawl.
- Lilium maculatum var. monticola H.Hara, now considered a synonym of Lilium maculatum var. maculatum
References
- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Plate 39 of Henry John Elwes (1880) A monograph of the genus Lilium ... illustrated [with coloured plates] by W.H. Fitch, London: Taylor & Francis OCLC: 560210827.
- ^ Thunberg, Carl Peter 1794. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2: 334 description in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Lilium maculatum Thunb.
- ^ Pacific Bulb Society, Lilium Dauricum Section color photos of several species including numerous color photos of Lilium maculatum