Lilium nepalense

Taxobox
name = "Lilium nepalense"


regnum = Plantae
phylum = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Liliales
familia = Liliaceae
genus = "Lilium"
species = "L. nepalense"
binomial = "Lilium nepalense"
binomial_authority = D.Don

"Lilium nepalense" is a native of the southern slopes of the Himalaya, from Bhutan through Nepal to Uttaranchal. It grows up to about 1 m high, usually less. The bulbs are stoloniferous, and for newly planted bulbs, the shoot will often come up some distance from the planting spot. Flowers are few, often solitary, pendant, coloured pale green with a purple throat, and scented.

References

European Garden Flora; vol. 1.