Liliaceae FAMILY

Lilium medeoloides

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lilium medeoloides is a herbaceous perennial bulbiferous plant producing a leafy stem around 75cm tall The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, southeastern China

HabitatDamp woods and meadows, occasionally to the sub-alpine zone, in N. and C. Japan[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. ]. Forests, subalpine grasslands, limestone and serpentine areas[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].