Lilium cernuum Kom.

Bulbiferous plant 50-70 cm. Bulb ovate-elongate, 3 cm diam. Flowering shoot leafy. Leaves narrow linear, to 10 cm. Flowers 2-15, 5 cm diam., lilac, slightly spotted, tiariform. White-flowered forms also exist. V - May to September. Fl - July. Fr - August-September. Plant in sunny places on well-drained soil. P - by seed and division. Flowers 1-2 years after sowing. Introduced into cultivation by St. Petersburg Botanical Garden in 1910. Z 5 (4).

Bulb oblong or ovoid, (2.5--)4 cm in diam.; scales white, lanceolate or ovate. Stem to 65 cm, smooth. Leaves scattered, sessile, narrowly linear, (4--)8--12(--18) cm × (1--)2--4(--5) mm, margin slightly recurved, papillose. Flowers solitary or 2--6 in a raceme, nodding, fragrant. Tepals pale purple-red, with deep purple spots toward base, lanceolate to oblong, 3.5--4.5 cm × 8--10 mm, margin revolute; nectaries densely papillose on both surfaces. Filaments ca. 2 cm; anthers dark purple, ca. 1.4 cm. Ovary cylindric, 8--10 × ca. 2 mm. Style 1.5--1.7 cm. Capsule globose to obovoid, 1.2--2 × 1--1.5 cm. Fl. Jul. 2 n = 24*, 25.

Far East (southern Primorskiy Region), northeastern China and Korea. On stony and grassy slopes, rarely among shrubs.

Thickets, grassy slopes. Jilin, Liaoning [Korea, Russia (Primorskiy Kray)].

Lilium cernuum var. atropurpureum Nakai; L. changbaishanicum J. J. Chien; L. graminifolium H. Léveillé & Vaniot; L. palibinianum Y. Yabe.

Lilium cernuum is a species of lily native to Korea, the Primorye region of Russia, and northeastern China (Provinces of Jilin + Liaoning).

Lilium cernuum typically grows to 50 cm tall. The flowers are white to purple, though usually pink with maroon spots, and are scented. The species is similar in many respects to Lilium pumilum. The name cernuum refers to its nodding (hanging) flowers.