Lilium leichtlinii subsp. leichtlinii

Compton, James A., 2021, Lilium leichtlinii subsp. maximowiczii (Regel) J. Compton (Liliaceae): a new combination for Maximowicz's orange lily, PhytoKeys 174, pp. 81-93 : 81

Lilium leichtlinii subsp. leichtlinii

Lilium leichtlinii = Lilium leichtlinii [unranked] Lilium leichtlinii majus G. F.Wilson, J. Hort. Cottage Gard. n.s. 25: 371 (1873)

Lilium leichtlinii majus ≡ Lilium leichtlinii var. majus ( G. F.Wilson) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1874: 248 (1874)

Lilium leichtlinii majus ≡ Lilium leichtlinii f. majus ( G. F.Wilson) G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 2: 270 (1885).

Note.

Although Nicholson refers to the various varieties of lilies in his introduction to his entry on Lilium , he distinctly states in his description of L. leichtlinii majus "this is a luxuriant form" ( Nicholson 1885: 270).

Description.

Bulb subglobose to globose 2-4 × 2-4 cm forming short subterranean stolons with bulbils, scales white, ovate, thick; stem 40-180 cm, green, slightly scabrid or floccose- tomentose, especially on upper inflorescence axis; leaves scattered, sessile, linear, 8-16 × 0.5-1.2 cm, glabrous or slightly white floccose, especially beneath, margins tomentose when young; inflorescence 1-5 flowered, pedicels 10-18 cm long, glabrous to slightly floccose; flowers pendulous, citron-yellow, lightly to heavily dotted with purplish-brown speckles from the middle portion of the tepal to the base, rarely covered in purplish-brown streaks, not fragrant, tepals pubescent at apex and below, strongly recurved 5-8 × 1-2 cm lanceolate, apex subacute, nectaries yellow, margins raised, papillose; stamens glabrous, filaments yellow, spreading outwards, anthers brown, pollen yellow; Style pale yellow, upwards curving, stigma reddish-brown, lobes short; capsule ellipsoid 3-5 cm long.

Distribution.

Japan, Honshu (Akika Pref., Shizuoka Pref.); Ryukyu Islands (Amami-o-shima).

Ecology.

Growing in open rich marshy meadows, along stream margins and in sandy terrain amongst low scrub, sea level to 1300 m of elevation. Flowering in July and August. Germination epigeal.

Illustration.

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