Lilium wallichianum

{{Short description|Species of lily}}

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|image_caption = 1880 illustrationillustration from: Henry John Elwes: A monograph of the genus Lilium; illustrated by W.H. Fitch. Taylor and Francis, London 1880

|genus = Lilium

|species = wallichianum

|authority = Schult.f.

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|Lilium longiflorum|Wall., illegitimate homonym not Thunb. (1794)

|Lilium longiflorum subsp. wallichianum|(Schult. & Schult.f.) Baker

|Lilium batisua|Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don

|Lilium neilgherrense|Wight, syn. of var. neilgherrense

|Lilium longiflorum subsp. neilgherrense|(Wight) Baker, syn. of var. neilgherrense

|Lilium tubiflorum|Wight, syn. of var. neilgherrense

|Lilium metzii|Steud. ex Duch., syn of var. neilgherrense

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Lilium wallichianum is an Asian species of bulbous plants in the lily family native to the Indian Subcontinent and to Myanmar. It is native to India, as well as Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=280193 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Hara, H., Stearn, W.T. & Williams, H.J. (1978). An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 1: 1-154. Trustees of British Museum, London.Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.Noltie, H.J. (1994). Flora of Bhutan 3(1): 1-456. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.Singh, N.P. & Sanjappa, M. (eds.) (2006). Alliaceae, Liliaceae, Trilliaceae & Uvulariaceae. Fascicles of Flora of India 23: 1-134. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.

Lilium wallichianum grows on slopes and grasslands at {{convert|1200|to|2000|m|ft|abbr=on}}, and in moist shade {{convert|1100|to|2000|m|ft|abbr=on}} elevation.{{cite web|url=http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Lilium+wallichianum|title=Lilium wallichianum - Schult.&Schult.|work=Plants for a Future|accessdate=3 September 2012}} The bulbs are stoloniferous, with new bulbs capable of appearing some distance from the parent plant. The green stem tinged with purple grows up to {{convert|2|m|ft|abbr=on}} high. The leaves are scattered, dark green, linear to lanceolate and up to {{convert|25|cm|in|abbr=on}} long. Each stem bears up to four trumpet-shaped flowers, white to creamy-yellow, held horizontally and up to {{convert|20|cm|in|abbr=on}} across.Christopher Brickell, The RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Dorling Kindersly, London, 1996, p617. {{ISBN|0-7513-0436-0}} A fairly difficult species to grow successfully in the garden, it requires a moist slightly acidic soil with excellent drainage. The species prefers light dappled shade and blooms very late in the season.

The species was named for Dr. Nathaniel Wallich (1786 – 1854), Danish plant hunter, botanist and physician.{{cite book|author1=Joseph Dalton Hooker |title=Curtis's botanical magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qN8WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA4561|accessdate=2 September 2012|year=1851|publisher=Reeve Brothers|page=4561}}

;Varieties

• Lilium wallichianum var. neilgherrense (Wight) H.Hara - Nepal, Karnataka and Kerala in southern India
• Lilium wallichianum var. wallichianum - Himalayas