Liliaceae FAMILY
Lilium concolor
Lilium concolor
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Lilium concolor is a herbaceous perennial bulbiferous plant producing a leafy stem around 60cm tall The plant iss harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is cultivated as a food crop in parts of China and is also grown as an ornamental[ 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 RangeE. Asia - Russian Far East, eastern and southeastern China, Japan, Korea
HabitatScrub in pockets of humus on carboniferous limestone and in heavy limey soil; at elevations from 1,500 - 2,200 metres[ 90 Title Bulbs Publication Author Phillips. R. and Rix. M. Publisher Pan Books Year 1989 ISBN 0-330-30253-1 Description Superbly illustrated, it gives brief details on cultivation and native habitat. ]. Moist places in forests, thickets, moist meadows, grassy slopes and sunny grassland[ 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. ].