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
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Leaves: Other: Herbaceous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
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 bakerianum var. delavayi
  • Synonym: Lilium rockii

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Credit Thorkild Poulsen
Comments:
  • Posted by pardalinum (Willamette Valley OR - Zone 8a) on Jan 23, 2012 9:56 PM concerning plant:
    According to Flora of China, the status of Lilium rockii is unclear.

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