Lilium tsingtauense

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Liliaceae
Subfamilia: Lilioideae
Genus: Lilium
Sectio: L. sect. Martagon
Species: Lilium tsingtauense
Varieties: L. t. var. flavum – L. t. var. maculatum – L. t. var. tsingtauense
Name

Lilium tsingtauense Gilg 1954
References

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. xxxiv. Beibl. lxxv. 24.

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 Tsingtao (Qingdao) in The People's Republic of China.[5]
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Gilg, Ernest Friedrich 1904. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 34(Beibl. 75): 24 description in Latin, commentary in German
Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 138 青岛百合 qing dao bai he Lilium tsingtauense Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34(Beibl. 75): 24. 1904.
Christopher Brickell (1996). The RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. London: Dorling Kindersley Ltd. p. 617. ISBN 0-7513-0436-0.
Allen J Coombes (1985). The Hamlyn Guide to Plant Names. London: Reed International Books. p. 118. ISBN 0-600-57545-4.