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Lilium martagon (martagon lily)

Synonyms: Lilium martagon caucasicum; Lilium martagon sooianum; Lilium martagon var. pubescens; Lilium versicolor; Lilium verticillatum

Wikipedia Abstract

Lilium martagon (martagon lily or Turk's cap lily) is a Eurasian species of lily. It has a widespread native region extending from Portugal east through Europe and Asia as far east as Mongolia. Varieties Numerous names have been proposed at the levels of subspecies and varieties. Only two are recognized by the World Checklist. \n* Lilium martagon var. martagon - from Portugal to Mongolia \n* Lilium martagon var. pilosiusculum Freyn - Russia, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia
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Infraspecies

Lilium martagon martagon
Lilium martagon mecsekense
Lilium martagon var. martagon
Lilium martagon var. pilosiusculum

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Bee Flower Color [2]  Blue
Flower Color [2]  Pink
Edible [3]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Lepidoptera, Bats
Scent [3]  The flowers are sweetly fragrant, especially at night.
Structure [3]  Bulb
Height [3]  3.936 feet (1.2 m)
Width [3]  10 inches (0.25 m)
Light Preference [4]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [4]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [4]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [4]  Mostly Dry
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Protected Areas

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Predators

Cosmia trapezina (Dun-bar)[5]
Lilioceris lilii (scarlet lily beetle)[6]
Polia bombycina (Pale Shining Brown)[6]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons 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