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
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
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 stewartianum
  • Synonym: Lilium xanthellum var. luteum
  • Synonym: Lilium xanthellum
  • Synonym: Lilium habaense

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Formerly Lilium xanthellum var. luteum. Credit: Denis Barthel
Location: Gang Ho Ba, Yunnan, China
Date: 25 June 2001
Lilium habaense in habitat; photo courtesy of Ernst Gügel via Wi

Photo courtesy of B&D Lilies Used with Permission
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Credit Denis Barthel

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