Lilium monadelphum

Lilium monadelphum

The Crimean lily ( Lilium monadelphum ) is a species in the genus of lilies ( Lilium) in the section Liriotypus ( Candidum section).

Description

The Crimean lily is a perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches the plant height of 50 to 100 centimeters. The bulbs are large and round, they reach a diameter of 5-8 cm and are dotted.

The stalk is hard and straight, distributed around the stem leaves lanceolate and 5-15 cm long.

The plant flowers from May to August 2 to 20 trumpet - up tiaraförmigen nodding flowers. The flowers are wide open and strongly scented. They consist of six recurved petals. There are three Kron and three sepals, but they look very similar. The diameter of an individual flower is 6-7 cm. The basic color of the flowers is bright yellow with or without violet spots. The anthers are yellow, pollen yellow to light orange. The stamens are fused at the base of the flower into a tube surrounding the ovary.

The seeds of the Crimean lily sprouts delayed - hypogeous.

Dissemination

The Crimean lily is endemic to the slopes of the Caucasus, in the foothills of the Greater Caucasus and the eastern part of the Lesser Caucasus. It is found along forest edges, on meadows and in the Badlands at altitudes up to 2100 m above sea level.

System

In addition to the nominate form exists as a variety:

• Lilium monadelphum var armenum: not fused stamens to a tube.

The Crimean lily is a close relative of Lilium szovitsianum, the species differ only in that in Lilium szovitsianum the stamens are not fused, and the flowers are brighter and more sharply curved. Also Lilium kesselringianum is the Crimean lily very similar, suggesting close relationship. Here are the smaller size, the paler flower color with brown spots, and the shape of the petals and the shorter stamens distinguishing criterion.

Use

The Crimea Lily was introduced in 1800 in the Botanical Garden of Saint Petersburg in the horticulture and has been cultivated for at this time.