H. lilioasphodelus (Linné emend. Hylander, 1753)[Linné, C.v., Species Plantarum, ed. 1, 1753, p.324] |
| Synonyms: | H. lutea (Gaertner, 1790) H. flava (Linné, 1762) H. Lilio Asphodelus flavus (Linné, 1753) Asphodelus liliaceus luteus (Theodor, 1590) Asphodelus luteus liliflorus (Pena & de L'Obel, 1570) Lilium non bulbosum (Lytes, 1557) Liliosphodelus luteus liliflorus (Dodoens, 1554) |
H. lilioasphodelus (nearly from the front) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2003), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2003 [ click on image for full image ] |
| Inflorescence: | Time: | very early, extended, open between 20 and 76 hours |
| Flower: | lemon-yellow, 7.5-10cm in diameter, 7-8cm long | |
| Fragrance: | medium to strong, agreeably odor | |
| Sepals: | ||
| Petals: | ||
| Tube: | 2.5cm long, cylindrical | |
| Pedicel: | 0.3cm long | |
| Fruit: | 1.9cm long, 2.5-3.1cm in diameter, oval to elliptical, often covered with warts | |
| Seeds: | almost round, black, smooth | |
| Scape: | 100cm high, thin, stiff, branches in the upper quarter | |
| Bracts: | 4cm long, lanceolate | |
| Leaves: | 75 cm long, 1-1.4 cm wide, abundant, medium dark green | |
| Roots: | fibrous with spindle-shaped storage organs | |
| Remarks: | Spreading: | rhizomes spread rather widely and vigorously from a compact crown of many short branches |
| Growth: | ||
| Sterility: | self-fertile | |
| Habitat: | North-Eastern China, Korea, East Siberia | |
| Common Names: | Engl.: Lemon Daylily, Tall Yellow Daylily,
Custard Lily German: gelbe Taglilie, fruehe Wiesentaglilie Japan.: |
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| others: | little sensitive for ground wetness, flowers
typically long, rather sprawling plant instead of a neat clump, used to develop early-blooming, fragrant, extended blooming hybrids |
H. lilioasphodelus (from the front) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2003), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2003 [ click on image for full image ] |
H. lilioasphodelus (from the side) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2003), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2003 [ click on image for full image ] |