Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus

Plants 5–10 dm; roots enlarged, fibrous. Leaf blade dark green, 5–6.5 dm × 0.8–1.5 cm. Scape closely branched distally, 8–12-flowered, taller than foliage. Flowers often remaining open into night, fragrance strongly sweet, lemony; perianth tube shortly funnelform, 1.5–2.5 cm; tepals uniformly pale to bright lemon yellow, veins parallel; outer tepals 5–7 × 1–1.3 cm, margins smooth; inner tepals 5–7.5 × 1–2 cm, margins smooth; filaments 3–3.5 cm; anthers 2–3 mm; ovary 5–6 mm; style white to yellow, 7–8 cm; pedicel 2–4 mm. Capsules fully developed, oblong-elliptic, (2–)3–4 × (1–)1.5–2 cm. Seeds black, round or angular by compression, 3–5 mm, shiny. 2n = 22.

Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.

Hemerocallis Lilioasphodelus

Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus

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