Lilium formosanum
WallaceBulbs 2–4 cm diam., with numerous large fleshy scales; roots fibrous. Stem erect, 0.5–2 m high. Leaves linear-lanceolate, to c. 15 cm long, 1 cm wide, reducing toward inflorescence. Flowers solitary or up to 4 in a terminal raceme, trumpet-shaped, fragrant; pedicels 5–15 mm long; perianth segments oblanceolate, to 15 cm long, white with faint mauve or greenish medial line on outer face; stamens slightly shorter than perianth; anther lobes yellow to quite dark brownish purple, connective paler, young anthers (predehiscence) up to 25 mm long, shrinking markedly following dehiscence and drying out; style slightly longer than anthers, stigma with 3 rounded lobes. Capsule more or less cylindric, 5–8 cm long. Flowers summer–autumn.
GipP, EGL, HSF. Also naturalised in Qld, NSW. Native to Taiwan, and occasionally grown as a garden subject. Noted as naturalised on roadsides near Morwell and Orbost, and abundant at both sites, but not noted as entering native vegetation.
Conran, J.G. (1994). Liliaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 637–686. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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