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Lilium testaceum (Madonna lily)

Synonyms: Lilium altissimum; Lilium beerensi; Lilium excelsum; Lilium isabellinum; Lilium peregrinum

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 strongly scented, like heather honey, though the plant does not flower well in all gardens.
Structure [2]  Bulb
Usage [2]  An essential oil from the flowers is used in perfumery;
Height [2]  39 inches (1 m)
Width [2]  10 inches (0.25 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Lilium testaceum

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
AMVRAKIKOS KOLPOS, LIMNOTHALASSA KATAFOURKO KAI KORAKONISIA 56861 Greece  
Luberon Regional Nature Park V 406572 France  
Palava Protected Landscape Area V   Czech Republic  

Predators

Lilioceris lilii (scarlet lily beetle)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Uromyces aecidiiformis[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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