Lilium tsingtauense

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Lilium tsingtauense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Lilium
Species:
L. tsingtauense
Binomial name
Lilium tsingtauense
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Lilium miquelianum Makino
  • Lilium miquelianum var. flavum Makino
  • Lilium carneum Nakai
  • Lilium tsingtauense var. carneum (Nakai) Nakai
  • Lilium tsingtauense f. carneum (Nakai) Y.N.Lee

Lilium tsingtauense, also known as twilight lily, is an East Asian species of plants in the lily family.[1][2] It is native to Korea and eastern China (Anhui + Shandong Provinces).[3]

Lilium tsingtauense is an herb up to 85 cm tall, growing as a single stem from a scaly bulb. It has smooth, inversely

lanceolate leaves, about 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long and mostly in 2 whorls. The plant bears loose umbels of 6 (but may be up to 15) upright, unscented, shallow trumpet-shaped flowers, that blossom under partial sunlight. These appear in midsummer and are orange or reddish-orange with maroon spots.[1][4]

It is named for the city of

People's Republic of China,[5] which was then known as Tsingtau under the German lease on the Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory
.

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