Lilium nanum Klotzsch & Garcke
- genus Lilium L.
Bulb oblong, 1.2-2.5 cm in diameter; scales white, lanceolate, 2-2.5 cm long, 5-8 mm wide. Stem 10-35 cm tall. Leaves scattered, linear, 5-12 cm long, 4.5-8.5 cm wide. Flower solitary, nodding, campanulate. Tepals pale purple, purplish red, rarely white, usually with deep purple spots adaxially; outer ones elliptic, inner ones slightly wider than outer; nectaries with fimbriate projections on both surfaces. Stamens converging; filaments 1-12 mm long, glabrous; anthers ca. 6 mm long. Ovary ca. 1 cm long, 3-6 mm wide. Style 4-7 mm long; stigma 3-5 mm in diameter. Capsule yellow, tinged purple on ribs, 2.5-3.8 cm long, 2-3 cm wide.
Lilium nanum var. nanum is close relative of Lilium nanum var. flavidum, but differs from the latter in its tepals pale purple or purplish red, rarely white, with deep purple spots adaxially (vs. tepals yellow, no spotted).
Ecology and Distribution
Flowering in June; fruiting in September.
Lilium nanum is occurring in Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan of China, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim.
Growing in forests margins, thickets, grassy slopes; 2300-3800 m.
- Nomocharis nana (Klotzsch) E. H. Wilson (synonym)