Tiao ye bai he
Lilium callosum

Family: Liliaceae

What it is like

A bulb plant. The bulb is 1.5-2 cm across. The scales are white to pale yellow. The stem is 50-90 cm high. The leaves are scattered and do not have leaf stalks. They are narrow. The leaf blade is 5-10 cm long by 2-5 mm wide. There are 3 veins. The flowers occur singly but there can be 9 in a group. The flowers are red and almost unspotted. Flowers are nodding. The fruit is a capsule. It is narrowly oblong and 2.5 cm long by 6-7 mm wide.

There are about 100 Lilium species.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. It grows on grassy slopes and in limestone areas between 100-900 m altitude in north China.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Russia, Taiwan, Tasmania

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Root, bulb

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Lilium callosum var. stenophyllum Baker; Lilium mandshuricum Gandoger; Lilium talanense Hayata; Lilium taquatii H.Leveille & Vaniot; Lilium tenuifolium Fischer var. stenophyllum (Baker) Elwes;