东北百合 dong bei bai he

Lilium distichum Image Credit: Tatyana Shulkina

Bulb ovoid, (2.5--)3.5--4 cm in diam.; scales white, lanceolate, 1.5--2 cm × 4--6 mm, articulate. Stem 60--120 cm, papillose. Leaves in a whorl of 7--9(--20) near middle of stem plus a few scattered, obovate-oblanceolate to narrowly oblong-lanceolate, (5--)8--15 × (1--)2--4 cm, glabrous. Bracts 2--2.5 cm × 3--6 mm. Flowers (1 or)2--12 in a raceme, nodding to horizontal. Tepals slightly revolute, pale vermilion, with purple-red spots, ovate-lanceolate, 3.5--4.5 cm × 6--13 mm; nectaries not papillose. Stamens shorter than tepals; filaments 2--2.5 cm, glabrous; anthers to 1 cm. Ovary 8--9 × 2--3 mm. Style ca. 2 × as long as ovary. Capsule obovoid, ca. 2 × 1.5 cm. Fl. Jul--Aug, fr. Sep. 2 n = 24*.

Forested slopes, forest margins, hillsides along streams; 200--1800 m. Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning [Korea, Russia (Primorskiy Kray)].