Liliaceae FAMILY

Lilium martagon

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lilium martagon is a herbaceous perennial bulbiferous plant producing a leafy stem 45 - 90cm tall The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine and for use in cosmetics. It has at times been cultivated as a medicinal plant in Germany and is commonly grown as an annual[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - Baltic States to Portugal and Spain, eastwards through Russia to eastern Syria, through Turkey and the Caucasus to Tibet

HabitatDeciduous woods, scrub and mountain pasture, especially on limestone[ 13 Title Hamlyn Encyclopaedia of Plants. Publication Author Triska. Dr. Publisher Hamlyn Year 1975 ISBN 0-600-33545-3 Description Very interesting reading, giving some details of plant uses and quite a lot of folk-lore. ]. Forests, thickets, shady slopes; at elevations from 200 - 2,500 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].