| Lilium fargesii | |
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| Flower of Lilium fargesii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Genus: | Lilium |
| Species: | L. fargesii |
| Binomial name | |
| Lilium fargesii Franch |
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Lilium fargesii is a herbaceous member of the lily family that occurs naturally on the edge of woods in mountains about 1500–1800m high in NW Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China. The plant grows 6–8inches (15–20cms) tall with a slim stem, long narrow leaves and surmounted by a raceme of 1–6 flowers. The flowers are turk's cap in shape with broad reflexed petals of a greenish–white. The petals may be darker green at the edges but are spotted and marked all over with chestnut–brown dots. The flowers are fragrant. The bulb of lilium fargesii is comparatively small at ¾ inch (1.5 cm) diameter. This lily flowers late in the summer from the end of July to August or September.[1]
It was first described by Adrien René Franchet in 1892, and named for Paul Guillaume Farges, a French missionary and botanist. Although it was discovered over 100 years ago it has only recently been known and available from horticultural centres.[2]