Hemerocallis fulva var. aurantiaca
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Golden summer daylily
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Summary
Source: WikipediaHemerocallis fulva, the orange day-lily, tawny daylily, corn lily, tiger daylily, fulvous daylily, ditch lily or Fourth of July lily (also railroad daylily, roadside daylily, outhouse lily, track lily, and wash-house lily), is a species of daylily native to Asia. It is very widely grown as an ornamental plant in temperate climates for its showy flowers and ease of cultivation. It is not a true lily in the genus Lilium, but gets its common name from the superficial similarity of its flowers to Lilium and from the fact that each flower lasts only one day.
Description
An evergreen herb. It grows 1 m tall. It has a spreading underground stem or rhizome. The leaves are 50-70 cm long and 2.5 cm wide. They arch over. The leaves last through most of the year. The flowers are trumpet shaped. They are a bright orange with a purple tinge in the centre. They are 10-12 cm long.
Edible Uses
The flowers, leaves, and tubers of H. fulva are edible. The leaves and shoots can be eaten raw or cooked when very young, lest they become too fibrous. The flower petals and young tubers can also be eaten raw in salads, stir-fried, or otherwise cooked. The petals seem to taste better when cooked, but can also be fried for storing, or dried and used as a thickener in soups or sauces. The cooked flower buds, served with butter, taste like green beans or wax beans. The tubers are a good potato substitute, with a reportedly "nutty" flavor.
Traditional Uses
The flower buds and flower leaf are used for flavouring.
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Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in grasslands and beside streams between 300-1,000 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, Australia, China*, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Pacific, Taiwan, USA,
Other Information
It is cultivated as a leafy vegetable.
Notes
There are about 15 Hemerocallis species. Also put in the family Hemerocallidaceae.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Orange day lily
References (8)
- Arora, R. K., 2014, Diversity in Underutilized Plant Species - An Asia-Pacific Perspective. Bioversity International. p 40
- Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 8:94. 1890 (As Hemerocallis aurantiaca)
- Hibbert, M., 2002, The Aussie Plant Finder 2002, Florilegium. p 123 (As Hemerocallis aurantiaca)
- Liu, Yi-tao, & Long, Chun-Lin, 2002, Studies on Edible Flowers Consumed by Ethnic Groups in Yunnan. Acta Botanica Yunnanica. 24(1):41-56 (As Hemerocallis aurantiaca)
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Hemerocallis aurantiaca)
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- Seidemann J., 2005, World Spice Plants. Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy. Springer. p 175 (As Hemerocallis aurantiaca)
- Slocum, P.D. & Robinson, P., 1999, Water Gardening. Water Lilies and Lotuses. Timber Press. p 121 (As Hemerocallis aurantiaca)
- Staples, G.W. and Herbst, D.R., 2005, A tropical Garden Flora. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. p 688 (As Hemerocallis aurantiaca)
