Twilight lily (Lilium tsingtauense)
Description
Lilium tsingtauense (also known as "Twilight Lily") is an East Asian species of plants in the lily family. It is native to Korea and eastern China (Anhui + Shandong Provinces). Lilium tsingtauense is an herb up to 85 cm tall, growing as a single stem from a scaly bulb. It has smooth, inversely lanceolate leaves, about 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long and mostly in 2 whorls. The plant bears loose umbels of 6 (but may be up to 15) upright, unscented, shallow trumpet-shaped flowers, that blossom under partial sunlight. These appear in midsummer and are orange or reddish-orange with maroon spots.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Liliales
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Family: Liliaceae
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Genus: Lilium
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