Lilium tsingtauense, also known as twilight lily, is an East Asian species of plants in the lily family.[1][2] It is native to Korea and eastern China (Anhui + Shandong Provinces).[3]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Liliaceae |
Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
Tribe: | Lilieae |
Genus: | Lilium |
Species: | L. tsingtauense
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Binomial name | |
Lilium tsingtauense | |
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Lilium tsingtauense is an herb up to 85 cm tall, growing as a single stem from a scaly bulb. It has smooth, inversely lanceolate leaves, about 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long and mostly in 2 whorls. The plant bears loose umbels of 6 (but may be up to 15) upright, unscented, shallow trumpet-shaped flowers, that blossom under partial sunlight. These appear in midsummer and are orange or reddish-orange with maroon spots.[1][4]
It is named for the city of Qingdao in The People's Republic of China,[5] which was then known as Tsingtau under the German lease on the Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory.