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Lilium longiflorum (Easter lily)

Synonyms: Lilium longiflorum f. normale; Lilium takesima

Wikipedia Abstract

Lilium longiflorum (Japanese: テッポウユリ, Teppōyuri), often called the Easter lily, is a plant endemic to the Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Lilium formosana, a closely related species from Taiwan, has been treated as a variety of Easter lily in the past. It is a stem rooting lily, growing up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high. It bears a number of trumpet shaped, white, fragrant, and outward facing flowers.
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Infraspecies

Lilium longiflorum formosanum
Lilium longiflorum longiflorum
Lilium longiflorum scabrum
Lilium longiflorum var. ensiforme
Lilium longiflorum var. longiflorum
Lilium longiflorum var. scabrum

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
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Scent [2]  The flowers are very strongly scented, diffusing a jasmine-like perfume.
Structure [2]  Bulb
Usage [2]  An essential oil is obtained from the flowers, used in perfumery;
Height [2]  39 inches (1 m)
Width [2]  10 inches (0.25 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 177278 Hawaii, United States

Predators

Xanthopastis timais (Spanish Moth)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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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
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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