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]

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.

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Gilg, Ernest Friedrich 1904. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 34(Beibl. 75): 24 description in Latin, commentary in German
  3. ^ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 138 青岛百合 qing dao bai he Lilium tsingtauense Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34(Beibl. 75): 24. 1904.
  4. ^ Christopher Brickell (1996). The RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. London: Dorling Kindersley Ltd. p. 617. ISBN 0-7513-0436-0.
  5. ^ Allen J Coombes (1985). The Hamlyn Guide to Plant Names. London: Reed International Books. p. 118. ISBN 0-600-57545-4.