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
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
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.

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Common names
  • Species Lily
  • Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lilium tenii
  • Synonym: Lilium huidongense
  • Synonym: Lilium lijiangense

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Location: -Tasmania 2014

Date: 2022-05-26
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2019-06-30

Date: 2022-04-11

Date: 2022-04-11
Uploaded by dellac

Date: 2004-06-26
Credit John Lykkegaard
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house
Date: 2022-06-24

Photo courtesy of B&D Lilies Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2021-03-11
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