- Source: Lilium oxypetalum
Lilium oxypetalum is a small to medium member of the Liliaceae family which grows to a height of 20–30 cm. It is native to the N. W. Himalayas.
It grows as a single stem from a bulb, preferring a cool, shady position in moist, acid soil. The green stem is tinged with purple and supports a scattering of linear to lanceolate leaves, sometimes in a whorl beneath the flowers. The leaves are up to 7 cm long. The yellow, semi-pendant, unscented flowers are produced in early summer in ones or twos on slender stems. The flowers are shaped like a shallow bowl, up to 5 cm across and have a scattering of purple spots near the centre.
Oxypetalum (oxee`pet`alum) means sharp petalled.
The variety insigne produces purple flowers.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bakung
- Lilium
- Lilium oxypetalum
- List of Lilium species
- Lilium nanum
- Rennsteiggarten Oberhof
- Escaped plant
- List of garden plants in North America
- List of descriptive plant species epithets (I–Z)
- List of least concern plants
- List of plants in the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens
