Lilium formosanum (Baker) Wallace

Images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record

Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba Rd at Genaina

Photo: Bart Wursten
La Rochelle

Records and maps: Display species records Map species by: altitude rainfall geology Map species using Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms:	Lilium philippinense Baker
Common names:	Formosa lily (English) St Joseph's lily (English)
Frequency:	Locally common
Status:	Introduced
Description:	Robust herb with an annual flowering stem, growing from a bulb, 2-4 cm in diameter. Stem unbranched, 0.8-1.7 m tall and 4-12 mm in diameter, often maroon or purple-brown. Leaves spiralled all along the stem, linear-lanceolate, 4-18 cm long, smaller and less dense towards the top of the stem. Flowers usually 1-3, large, trumpet-shaped, white, often with a purple-brown tinge, pleasantly scented. Tepals 11-22 cm long, recurved in the apical third.
Notes:	A striking garden plant, well naturalised in the cooler wetter parts of the Eastern Highlands and also in gum plantations in the Marondera area.
Derivation of specific name:	formosanum: of Formosa (Taiwan)
Habitat:	Road sides, gum plantations, forest margins and montane grassland.
Altitude range: (metres)	1000 - 1700 m
Flowering time:	Dec - Jan
Worldwide distribution:	Native and endemic in Taiwan; naturalised in the Neotropics, Australasia, East and Central Africa, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution:	C,E
Growth form:	P
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects (whose larvae eat this species):
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Tuesday 3 April 2007
Literature:	Henderson, L. (2001). Alien weeds and invasive plants Plant Protection Research Institute Handbook No. 12. Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Council, S Africa. Page 51. (Includes a picture). Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 92 - 93. (Includes a picture). Wilkin, P. (2009). Liliaceae FZ 12(2) Pages 196 - 197. (Includes a picture).

Comments

comments powered by Disqus

Other sources of information about Lilium formosanum:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Lilium formosanum page
African Plant Database: Lilium formosanum
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Lilium formosanum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lilium formosanum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Lilium formosanum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Lilium formosanum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Lilium formosanum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lilium formosanum
JSTOR Plant Science: Lilium formosanum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Lilium formosanum
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Lilium formosanum
Tropicos: Lilium formosanum
West African Plants database: Lilium formosanum