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Hedychium coronarium, the white garland-lily [3] or white ginger lily, [4] is a perennial flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to the forest understorey of Asia. Other common names include butterfly lily, Khumpui, fragrant garland flower, Indian garland flower, white butterfly ginger lily or white ginger .
The inflorescence bears 2–12 showy fragrant funnel-shaped flowers on a 'naked' (leafless) stem, which gives it the common name of naked-lady-lily. The pink flowers which may be up to 10cm in length, appear in the autumn before the leaves ( hysteranthy ) which are narrow and strap shaped.
The leaves are grooved (canaliculate), smooth and linear with a white to light green linear midrib on the upper surface, and grow up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long and 8 mm (1 ⁄ 4 in) broad. [ 4 ] O. umbellatum is scapose , with a glabrous flower stem ( scape ) that emerges from the leaf tufts later and is about 10–30 cm (4–12 in) in ...
Sepals may be white, green, [3] greenish-white, [6] or rosy red, and are shorter than the petals. [ 3 ] Petals : Three [ 6 ] elliptic [ 2 ] [ 4 ] or wider [ 4 ] petals, with the insides being sparsely [ 2 ] [ 3 ] ciliate (having a fringe of hairs), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] with yellowish, [ 3 ] slender hairs [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] above the nectary [ 2 ...
Lilium candidum, the Madonna lily [2] [3] or white lily, [4] is a plant in the true lily family. It is native to the Balkans and Middle East, and naturalized in other parts of Europe, including France, Italy, and Ukraine, and in North Africa, the Canary Islands , Mexico, and other regions.
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Lilium 'Stargazer' (the 'Stargazer lily') is a hybrid lily of the 'Oriental group'. Oriental lilies are known for their fragrant perfume, blooming mid-to-late summer. Stargazers are easy to grow and do best in full sunlight. [1] They have a fast growth rate and should be planted in full sun in well-drained loamy or sandy soil.