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n species herbaceous plant of the

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which is native to northeastern China (

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). ''Lilium distichum'' flourishes among shrubs and in forests. It grows from tall. The stem is cylindrical and slender with a single whorl of leaves mid–way up the stem. It also has much smaller oval leaves sparsely, alternately on the upper stem. The flowers are yellow–orange or orange–vermillion with the petals spotted in purple, somewhat ‘flatfaced’ in appearance with irregular distribution of petals around the face of the flower forming a fanshape. The tips of the petals are reflexed. 2–10 flowers are carried on an

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in July and August.Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 138 东北百合 dong bei bai he ''Lilium distichum'' Nakai ex Kamibayashi, Chosen Yuri Dzukai. t. 7. 1915
/ref> The name ''distichum'' refers to the two types of leaves the plant carries.Guide to Plant Names, Allen J. Coombes, Hamlyn, London. 1992.

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Plants described in 1915 Flora of Manchuria Flora of Korea Flora of the Russian Far East distichum Taxa named by Takenoshin Nakai {{liliales-stub