Lilium speciosum

Family	Liliaceae
Subfamily	Lilioideae
Tribe	Lilieae
Scientific name	Lilium speciosum Thunberg
Synonyms	Lilium speciosum Thunberg forma kraetzeri Duchartre ex Baker; Lilium speciosum Thunberg forma melpomene hort. ex Elwes; Lilium speciosum Thunberg forma rubrum hort. ex Masters; Lilium speciosum Thunberg var. gloriosoides Baker; Lilium speciosum Thunberg var. kaempferi Siebold et Zuccarini; Lilium kanahirai Hayata; Lilium kanashiroi Hayata; Lilium konishii Hayata
Common name	(Japanese common name) kanoko-yuri (カノコユリ, 鹿子百合 [meaning: dappled lily])
	(English common name) Japanese lily, showy Japanese lily, showy lily
Distribution	(Japan) Shikoku, Kyushu
	(Other nations) Korea, China
Habitat	Limestone rock wall
Chromosomal number	2n=24
Description	Plants electing 1-2m tall. Leaves 12-18cm long, 4-7cm wide. Flowers white (pink or red spotted) perianths each 8-10cm, flowering in July to September. Perennial plants.
Reference	Lilium speciosum Thunb.
	Lilium speciosum var. gloriosoides Baker
	Process for mass propagation of plantlets (US Patent 4338745/1982)
	Culturing apparatus (US Patent 4951415/1990)
	Methods and compositions for rapid in vitro propagation of Swertia chirata (US Patent 7238527/2007)
Note	Reratively rare as wild plants. However many clones have been cultivated broadly in Japan.
	Lilium speciosum Thunberg var. album Masters ex Baker is a pure white flower variety.
	Many Chinese authors may believe that wild plants in China and Korea should be deemed to be an independent variation: Lilium speciosum Thunberg var. gloriosoides Baker.

July 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden	July 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden	July 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden

July 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden	July 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden