Lilium cernuum
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Lilium cernuum is a species of lily
native to Korea
and eastern Siberia
. It grows to typically 50cm tall. The flowers are white to purple, though usually pink in colour, and spotted maroon, and are scented. It is similar in many respects to Lilium pumilum
. Named cernuum for its nodding flowers.
Lilium
Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, though the range extends into the northern subtropics...
native to Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
and eastern Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
. It grows to typically 50cm tall. The flowers are white to purple, though usually pink in colour, and spotted maroon, and are scented. It is similar in many respects to Lilium pumilum
Lilium pumilum
Lilium pumilum is a bulbous plant native to Mongolia, eastern Siberia, Korea and northern China. It is a stem-rooting bulb that grows up to 1 metre high, though usually rather less. The leaves are slender and grassy. It bears from one to twenty reflexed and nodding flowers, usually red in colour,...
. Named cernuum for its nodding flowers.