Lilium parryi
Lilium parryi
Lilium parryi is a species of the genus Lilium (Lilium ) in the American section. It is occasionally in culture.
Description
Lilium parryi reaches a height of up to 190 cm. The bulbs are round and reach a diameter of about 5 cm, they are covered with white scales and form rhizomes.
The stem is hard, smooth and straight. The leaves are narrow, lance-shaped and crossed by parallel nerves, up to 30 cm long and 5 cm wide. They are arranged in one to five whorls of three to eighteen sheets.
The plant blooms from late May to early September with up to 15 horizontal to upright in a panicle trumpet-shaped flowers with a glossy texture. The fragrant hermaphrodite flowers are triple. The six arranged bloom ( tepals ) are easily rolled back. The color of the flowers is bright lemon yellow with tiny brown spots. Each flower has three carpels and six stamens. The anthers are brown, brick red, the pollen and the filaments pale greenish. Each flower to a length of up to 10 cm.
The seeds mature in up to 6 cm long, up to 1.7 cm wide seed capsules and germinate instant- epigeal.
Dissemination
The plant is native to Arizona (where they already blooming from May ) and in California (flowering from July / August) endemic. Often it is in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Lilium parryi is a mountain plant that grows at altitudes 1300-2600 m above sea level. Often it grows near mountain streams or in mixed conifer forests.
Ecology
Lilium parryi can not be pollinated by insects all with their very long flowering, but a reliable pollinator is the New World Hyles lineata lined sphinx.
System
It is proven that Lilium parryi has a common ancestor with Lilium pardalinum. In addition, the plant Lilium washingtonianum is remarkably similar to what can be safely attributed to evolutionary convergence.