Lu ding bai he
Lilium sargentiae

Family: Liliaceae

What it is like

A bulb plant. The bulb is broadly oval and 5-6 cm across. The scales are sword shaped. The stem is 45-160 cm tall. The leaves are scattered and sword shaped. They are 5.5-12 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. There are small bulbs in the axils of leaves. The flowers can occur singly or as 2-4 in a group. They are white and pale green toward the base. The fruit is a capsule and is 6-7 cm long by 3.5 cm wide.

There are about 100 Lilium species.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. It grows in thickets and grassy slopes between 500-2000 m altitude in S China. In Sichuan and probably Yunnan.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, China

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Flowers, root, bulb

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Lilium formosum Franchet; Lilium leucanthum Baker var. sargentiae (E.H.Wilson) Stapf.; Lilium omeiense Z.Y.Zhu;