Lilium duchartrei [DJHC 651]
Lily
- Zone: 5 - 8
- Height: 48
- Class: Perennial
- Soil Type: Average
- Siting: Full Sun
- Spread: 36
Description
At high elevations in the Wolong Valley above the Panda Reserve, this species was common, with stems rising to 4 ft., with a branched and wide-spreading inflorescence holding 5-6 flowers. Slightly nodding flowers are held in terminal umbellate inflorescences, with reflexed petals of pinkish white heavily stained and spotted with burgundy. Somewhat moist, humus-rich soil in full sun. In open meadows at 9000-9500Æ.