Lilium davidii is a native of Sichuan and Yunnan. It grows up to 1.5m high, and bears up to about 20 flowers, unscented, Turks-cap shaped, orange or reddish orange, from July to August. The bulb is edible and sometimes stoloniferous. It is a stem-rooting lily (adventitious roots emerging above the bulb).
References
- Patrick M. Synge: Collins Guide to Bulbs. 1961.
- European Garden Flora; vol. 1, 1986.
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