Data specific to Lilies (Edit)
Division: IX. Species and Species Cultivars

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Toxicity: Other: All parts of the plant are lethal to cats
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Other info: Species lilies will come true from seed; cultivars and hybrids will not.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Other: Bulb scaling.

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Common names
  • Lily
  • Species Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lilium primulinum var. ochraceum
  • Synonym: Lilium majoense

Photo Gallery
Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2008-07-03
Amazing flower but it slowly dwindled over a couple of years even

Date: 2004-07-23
Credit John Lykkegaard; the form of L. primulinum currently in cu

Photo courtesy of B&D Lilies Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: c. 1927
photo from the 1927 catalog, John Scheepers, New York City, NY

Photo courtesy of B&D Lilies Used with Permission
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Photo courtesy of B&D Lilies Used with Permission - Dark Form
  • Uploaded by Joy

Credit Erwin Wenger
Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2008-07-03
Similar to L. nepalense but more difficult to keep alive.
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Perfect photo by flaflwrgrl Dec 4, 2011 6:13 PM 5

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