Lilium pumilum

{{Short description|Species of lily}}

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|genus = Lilium

|species = pumilum

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• Lilium linifolium Hornem.
• Lilium puniceum Siebold & de Vriese
• Lilium stenophyllum Baker
• Lilium tenuifolium Fisch. ex Hook.f.
• Lilium sinensium Gand.
• Lilium chrysanthum Nakai & Maek.
• Lilium potaninii Vrishcz

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Lilium pumilum is an Asian species of bulbous plants native to Mongolia, Siberia, the Russian Far East (Amur Krai, Primorye, Khabarovsk), Korea and northern China.Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.Grubov, V.I. (2001). Key to the Vascular Plants of Mongolia 1: 1-411. Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, USA. Plymouth, U.K.Malyschev L.I. & Peschkova , G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 4: 1-238. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.

It is a stem-rooting bulb that grows up to {{convert|1|m}} high, though usually rather less. The bulb itself is {{convert|4|-|5|in}} deep and live from 2 to 4 years.{{cite web|url= http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/a463/lilium-pumilum.aspx|title=Lilium pumilum|publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden|accessdate=September 9, 2013}} The leaves are slender and grassy. It bears from one to twenty reflexed and nodding flowers, usually red in colour, and which may be spotted with black. The flowers are scented.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027738 Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 145 山丹 shan dan Lilium pumilum Redouté, Liliac. 7: t. 378. 1812. ]

Named pumilum (`poo`mill`um) for its small size, compared to other lilies

It may be short lived in cultivation, but tends to last longest in well-drained soils.European Garden Flora; vol. 1.M. Jefferson-Brown; Modern Lilies.

In Taiwan, both the flower and bulbs are used as food, as are the other related species: L. brownii var. viridulum, L. lancifolium and L. candidum.{{cite web|title=可供食品使用原料彙整一覽表|url=https://consumer.fda.gov.tw/Food/Material.aspx?nodeID=160|access-date=2014-01-25|archive-date=2014-01-26|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140126120155/https://consumer.fda.gov.tw/Food/Material.aspx?nodeID=160|url-status=dead}}