Data specific to Lilies (Edit)
Division: IX. Species and Species Cultivars

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: White and very light purple (like a type of lavender)
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Toxicity: Other: All parts of the plant are lethal to cats
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Other info: Species lilies will come true from seed; cultivars and hybrids will not.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Other: Bulb scaling.
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Lily
  • Nodding Lily
  • Species Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lilium nanum
  • Synonym: Nomocharis nana

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credit: Bleddyn and Sue Wynn-Jones

Credit Karl Kristensen www.kalle-k.dk

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Credit Karl Kristensen www.kalle-k.dk

Credit Thorkild Poulsen

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