''Lilium pumilum'' is an Asian species of bulbous plants native to Mongolia, Siberia, the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East ( rus, Дальний Восток России, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in North Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asia, Asian continent, and is coextensive with the Far Easte ...

(Amur Krai, Primorye, Khabarovsk), Korea and northern China. It is a stem-rooting bulb that grows up to high, though usually rather less. The bulb itself is deep and live from 2 to 4 years. The leaves are slender and grassy. It bears from one to twenty reflexed and nodding flowers, usually red in colour, and which may be spotted with black. The flowers are scented. Named pumilum (`poo`mill`um) for its small size, compared to other lilies It may be short lived in cultivation, but tends to last longest in well-drained soils. In Taiwan, both the flower and bulbs are used as food, as are the other related species: ''L. brownii'' var. ''viridulum'', ''L. lancifolium'' and '' L. candidum''.

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Pacific Bulb Society ''Lilium'' Asiatic Section P-Z
photos of several species * pumilum Flora of Mongolia Flora of Siberia Flora of the Russian Far East Flora of Korea Flora of China Plants described in 1812 Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle {{liliales-stub