Lilium lancifolium
Tiger Lily (Lilium lancifolium )
The Tiger Lily (Lilium lancifolium, synonym: Lilium tigrinum ) is a species of the genus Lilium (Lilium ) in the section Sinomartagon.
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Description
The Tiger Lily reaches a height of 80 cm to 150 cm and a width of about 25 cm. The bulbs are round and reach a diameter of about 4-8 cm. They are covered with white to yellowish- white scales and form stolons from. The stalk is hard and straight with purple stripes. It is covered by white, short, stiff hairs. The leaves are lanceolate, 3-18 cm long and between 0.5 and 3 cm wide. They are also covered with white woolly hairs. The leaf margin is papillose sharpened the tip. In the axils of the upper leaves turn dark brown, pea-sized Achselbulbillen train.
The plant flowers from July to August, three to six, in culture even up to 20, in a panicle horizontal to nodding flowers. The flowers consist of six strongly recurved 6-10 cm long petals ( Turk's cap form). There are three lancet-shaped crown and three broader sepals, but they look very similar. The basic color of the flowers is vermilion with dark purple spots. The nectaries are papillose with ciliated appendages on both surfaces. The anthers are together eigend and are about 20 mm long. The pollen are dark brown, and white to pale red hairless stamens. The ovary is 15-20 mm in size, the style 45-65 mm. The capsules are narrow - ovate to oblong- round, 3-4 cm long and mature in September / October.
Tiger Lily in culture are almost exclusively polyploid and therefore sterile, their multiplication runs over Achselbulben that genetically identical plants. The diploid wild species reproduces by seed and Achselbulben. The chromosome number is 2n = 24 in the wild type, 2n = 36 in the polyploid crop.
Dissemination
The Tiger Lily comes in Anhui, Gansu, Guangxi, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang and Zhejiang in the People's Republic of China before, is rare in Korea and Japan found.
She prefers a loamy, but not waterlogged soil. Often it is found on grassy slopes of 400-2500 m above sea level.
Cultivation
The bulbs of the Tiger Lily are edible, therefore it has been cultivated in China for centuries. The onion is slightly bitter and reminiscent of parsnips. She is very starchy and is dried and ground used to thicken soups and sauces.
The onion also has a diuretic and expectorant. It is a heart medicine, acting emollient, improves vision. In Chinese medicine, it is often used. The flowers are to strengthen the muscles of the eyelid and are used to treat astigmatism. A strong tincture of the leaves is used for inducing labor, it causes contractions of the uterus.
The species is an important parent of the ' Midcentury hybrids '.