Common Names
Common Names in English:
Lavender Mountain Lily, Lily-Of-The-Altai, Siberian Lily, Tartar Lily
Description
Genus Ixiolirion
Herbs perennial
, cormous
. Corms covered with a tunic
. Leaves basal, linear
. Flowering stem with a few leaves at base
. Inflorescences terminal
, umbellate
, racemose, or sometimes paniculate
, 2- to several flowered, often with 1--3 additional flowers in basal leaf axil of flowering stem. Flowers pedicellate
. Perianth segments free
, sometimes proximally with a pseudotube formed by laxly connivent segments, or connate
proximally into a true tube
. Stamens in 2 whorls, inserted
at base of perianth; filament
linear to subfiliform; anther
basifixed
or dorsifixed
, erect
. Ovary subclavate, with many ovules. Style
filiform
; stigma 3-lobed. Fruit a capsule, oblong-clavate, 3-valved. Seeds black, ovoid-oblong, small.
About three species: C and SW Asia, NE Africa (Egypt) ; two species (one endemic) in China."Ixiolirion". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 269. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Physical Description
Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May, June. • Flower Color: lavender, violet
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 12-18" tall.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 685 meters (0 to 2,247 feet).Mean = 570.350 meters (1,871.227 feet), Standard Deviation = 204.360 based on 20 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 3-6" apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Liliopsida
()
- Scopoli, 1760
- Subclass:
Liliidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lilianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Asparagales
()
- Traub Ex Reveal, 1993
- Family:
Ixioliriaceae
()
- Nakai, 1943
- Subfamily:
Ixioideae
()
- Tribe:
Ixieae
()
- Genus:
Ixiolirion
()
- Fischer ex Herbert, Appendix. 37. 1821.
- Specific epithet:
tataricum
- (Pall.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Botanical name: - Ixiolirion tataricum (Pall.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Specific epithet:
tataricum
- (Pall.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Genus:
Ixiolirion
(
- Tribe:
Ixieae
(
- Subfamily:
Ixioideae
(
- Family:
Ixioliriaceae
(
- Order:
Asparagales
(
- Superorder:
Lilianae
(
- Subclass:
Liliidae
(
- Class:
Liliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Amaryllis tatarica
- Amaryllis tatarica Pall.
Notes
Publishing author : Herb. Publication : App. 37An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ixiolirion
There are approximately 16 species in this genus:
I. ferganicum · I. ixiolirioides · I. karateginum · I. kolpakowskianum · I. ledebouri · I. macranthum · I. montanum · I. pallasii · I. sintenisii · I. songaricum · I. tataricum (Lavender Mountain Lily) · I. tataricum ledebourii · I. tataricum Ledebourii Group · I. tataricum montanum · I. tataricum var. album · I. tataricum var. ixiolirioides
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 23, 2008.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5840663
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-279452
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 740136
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:65692-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 65691-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 746926
