''Lilium pensylvanicum'' is an

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n plant species of the family

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. Sometimes called the Siberian lily, it is native to a cold climate and needs frost in the winter. It is found in the wild form in

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, the

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, northeast China,

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and Hokkaidō. The Latin name is misleading due to an error by the botanist John Bellenden Ker.

Description

''Lilium pensylvanicum'' reaches a height of and has a width up to . The stem is hard, smooth and straight, the leaves linear to lanceolate, long and wide. The plant flowers in June and July with one to six upright, dish-shaped flowers. The flower consists of six tepals curving backward from the center. The seeds mature from August to September. The bulb is roundish with a diameter of about .

Distribution in Japan

''Lilium pensylvanicum'' is abundant in the wild form in the Notsuke Peninsula. Near the city of

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, during July, in the "gardens of the flock of gruyas" there may be seen many photographers looking for the best snapshots of the flowering of the ', as this species is known in

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. The city Koshimizu, on the island of Hokkaidō, is known as the city of the ''ezosukashiyuri'' flowers. In the Ainu language, the flowers are called ' and that is also the traditional Ainu oil lamp made from a large mussel shell and supported on a three-forked stick. in Japanese

Cultivation

''Lilium pensylvanicum'' is very undemanding and is easily cultivated. It is sensitive only in relation to drought. Thus the plant is popular in European and American gardens.

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q140441 pensylvanicum Flora of China Flora of Siberia Flora of the Russian Far East Flora of Mongolia Flora of Eastern Asia Plants described in 1805