Lilium medeoloides

{{Short description|Species of lily}}

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|genus = Lilium

|species = medeoloides

|authority = A.Gray

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• Lilium avenaceum Fisch. ex Maxim.
• Lilium sado-insulare Masam. & Satomi
• Lilium medeoloides f. atropurpureum Okuyama

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Lilium medeoloides is an East Asian herb in the lily family. It is native to southeast China, Jeju-do in Korea, Japan and eastern Russia (Kamchatka, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin), where it grows in forests and on grassy and rocky subalpine areas.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=279980 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.{{Cite web |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001422 |title=Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 138 浙江百合 zhe jiang bai he Lilium medeoloides A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, ser. 2. 6: 415. 1858. |access-date=2015-04-30 |archive-date=2015-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920215139/http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001422 |url-status=live }}

It is stem rooting and sports lanceolate stalkless leaves about 12 cm long which are arranged in one or two whorls on the lower part of the stem with odd leaves on the upper part of the stem. The stem is hollow. The plant produces short racemes on which are up to 10 scentless, apricot to orange-red, Turk's-cap style flowers of 4.5 cm with dark spots and purple anthers. The whole plant grows to 40–80 cm.Christopher Brickell, The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Dorling Kindersly Ltd., London, 1996, p617, {{ISBN|0-7513-0436-0}}

The name Kurumayuri can be translated as "Lily with wheels".{{Cite web |url=http://www.the-genus-lilium.com/medeoloides.htm |title=The genus Lilium, Lilium medeoloides A. Gray 1859 , Section 1 浙江百合 zhe jiang bai he |access-date=2011-08-04 |archive-date=2011-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930125621/http://www.the-genus-lilium.com/medeoloides.htm |url-status=live }}

;formerly included

• Lilium medeoloides var. obovatum Franch. & Sav., now called Lilium hansonii Leichtlin ex D.D.T.Moore