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Hemerocallis yezoensis

Synonyms: Hemerocallis flava var. yezoensis; Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus var. yezoensis (homotypic)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  Large quantities of the leaves are said to be hallucinogenic. Blanching the leaves removes this hallucinatory component; (This report does not make clear what it means by blanching, it could be excluding light from the growing shoots or immersing in boiling water;)
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Usage [2]  The tough dried foliage is plaited into cord and used for making footwear;
Height [2]  30 inches (0.75 m)
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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0