Lilium speciosum var. album




Family Liliaceae
Subfamily Lilioideae
Tribe Lilieae
Scientific name Lilium speciosum Thunberg var. album Masters ex Baker
Synonyms (Synonyms of Lilium speciosum Thunberg)
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) siro-kanoko-yuri (シロカノコユリ, 白鹿子百合 [meaning: white dappled lily])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) unknown
Habitat Limestone rock wall
Chromosomal number 2n=24
Description Plants electing 1-2m tall. Leaves 12-18cm long, 4-7cm wide. Flowers white 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 Rare species.



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