Lilium concolor

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Lilium concolor
Light:Full Sun
Moisture:Mesic
Hardiness:4
Soil pH:5.6-8.4
Height:2'
Width:1'
Blooms:Early Summer-Mid Summer
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Tea:Yes
Poisonous

Lilium concolor (common name: morning star lily)

Propagation: Seed - immediate epigeal germination[1]. Sow thinly in pots from late winter to early spring in a cold frame. Should germinate in 2 - 4 weeks[2]. Great care should be taken in pricking out the young seedlings, many people prefer to leave them in the seed pot until they die down at the end of their second years growth. This necessitates sowing the seed thinly and using a reasonably fertile sowing medium. The plants will also require regular feeding when in growth. Divide the young bulbs when they are dormant, putting 2 - 3 in each pot, and grow them on for at least another year before planting them out into their permanent positions when the plants are dormant[K].

Division with care in the autumn once the leaves have died down. Replant immediately[3].

Bulb scales can be removed from the bulbs in early autumn. If they are kept in a warm dark place in a bag of moist peat, they will produce bulblets. These bulblets can be potted up and grown on in the greenhouse until they are large enough to plant out[3].

Cultivation: Prefers an open free-draining humus-rich loamy soil with its roots in the shade and its head in the sun[4][3]. Prefers an acid sandy soil but also succeeds on heavy soils[5][4]. Plants are lime tolerant[5][4][3]. Requires a sheltered position if grown outdoors, doing well on a rock garden, but it is best grown in a greenhouse[2]

Stem rooting, the bulbs should be planted 7 - 10 cm deep[4][3]. Early to mid autumn is the best time to plant out the bulbs in cool temperate areas, in warmer areas they can be planted out as late as late autumn[3].

A very ornamental plant[6], it is cultivated for its edible bulb in Japan[7].

The plant should be protected against rabbits and slugs in early spring. If the shoot tip is eaten out the bulb will not grow in that year and will lose vigour[3].

Range: E. Asia - China

Habitat: Scrub in pockets of humus on carboniferous limestone and in heavy limey soil, 1500 - 2200 metres[8]. Moist places in forests, thickets, moist meadows, grassy slopes and sunny grassland[9].

Edibility: Bulb - cooked[7][10]. The bulb is up to 35mm in diameter[9]. Rich in starch, it can be used as a vegetable in similar ways to potatoes (Solanum tuberosum).

Young leaves - cooked[11].

Flowers[12]. No more details are given.

Medicinal: The bulb is carminative, expectorant, pectoral, sedative and tonic[13][14]. It is taken internally in the treatment of bronchial complaints[15].

The flowers invigorate the blood[14]. They are poulticed onto sores and boils[14].

Pollinators: Bees

Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.

Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.

Seed Ripens: Late Summer-Early Fall

Flower Type: Hermaphrodite

Also Known As: L. pulchellum.

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References

  1. ↑ Royal Horticultural Society. The Plantsman Vol. 4. 1982 - 1983. Royal Horticultural Society, 1982.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Reed, David. Lilies and Related Plants. 1989.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Woodcock, Hubert. Lilies - Their Culture and Management. Country Life, 1935.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Fox, Derek. Growing Lilies. Croom Helm, 1985.
  6. ↑ Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Hedrick, Ulysses. Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. Dover Publications, 1972.
  8. ↑ Phillips, Roger and Martyn Rix. Bulbs. Pan Books, 1989.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Flora of China. 1994.
  10. ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
  11. ↑ Kunkel, Günther. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books, 1984.
  12. ↑ Stuart, George. Chinese Materia Medica. Taipei Southern Materials Centre.
  13. ↑ Revolutionary Health Committee of Hunan Province. A Barefoot Doctors Manual. Running Press.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Duke, James and Edward Ayensu. Medicinal Plants of China. Reference Publications, 1985.
  15. ↑ Bown, Deni. Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopaedia of Herbs and Their Uses. Dorling Kindersley, 1995.


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