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Lilium bulbiferum, common names orange lily, [2] fire lily, Jimmy's Bane, tiger lily and St. John's Lily, is a herbaceous European lily with underground bulbs, belonging to the Liliaceae. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The Latin name bulbiferum of this species, meaning "bearing bulbs", refers to the secondary bulbs on the stem of the nominal subspecies.
Lilium papilliferum - China, in Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Yunnan; Lilium paradoxum - Tibet endemic; Lilium pardalinum - California, Oregon, Baja California; Lilium pardanthinum - Myanmar and China in Sichuan and Yunnan; Lilium parryi - California, Arizona, Baja California, Sonora; Lilium parvum - California, Nevada
[a] [76] Flowers of the H. graminea and Lilium bulbiferum were reported to have been eaten as well, but samples provided by the informant were strictly daylilies and did not include L. bulbiferum. [b] [78] Lily flowers and bulbs are eaten especially in the summer, for their perceived ability to reduce internal heat. [79]
Lilium bulbiferum, in family Liliaceae; Members of the South American genus Pyrolirion (family Amaryllidaceae), named for the color of their flowers; Several South African species in genus Cyrtanthus (family Amaryllidaceae) that bloom after a fire
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Lilies on a Bronze Age fresco from excavations at Akrotiri, Santorini, Greece. Wall paintings dated to around 1700–1600 BC from Minoan Akrotiri provide some of the earliest evidence for the apparently ornamental use of bulbous plants. Some of the plants in the frescos are clearly lilies, which have usually been identified as Lilium candidum.
Lilies seed germination is classified as either epigeal or hypogeal. These classifications may be further refined as immediate or delayed. Whether a lily is epigeal or hypogeal may be related to survival strategies developed according to the climate where the lily originated. Epigeal lilies evolved in moderate climates.
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