Flowering from June to July; fruiting from August to October.
Nomocharis aperta is close relative of Nomocharis saluenensis, but differs from the latter in its style longer than ovary (vs. shorter than ovary).
Nomocharis aperta is occurring in SW Sichuan, Xizang, NW Yunnan of China, N Myanmar.
Bulb ovoid, 1.5-2.5 cm long, 1-2 cm wide. Stem 20-55 cm tall. Leaves alternate, broadly lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 3.5-5.5 cm long, 1-1.2 cm wide. Flowers usually 1-4. Tepals spreading, rose or pink, with a deep maroon or purplish crimson blotch at base, and a few or more crimson spots mostly in proximal part, margin entire; outer tepals elliptic, ovate, or lanceolate; inner ones broadly elliptic or broadly ovate; nectary processes 2, of fleshy, cushionlike projections of tissue. Filaments 4-10 mm long, nearly subulate, tapering from flat base to filiform apex, fleshy. Ovary 5-9 mm long. Style 6-12 mm long. Capsule green-brown, oblong-ovoid, 1-2.5 cm long, 1.2-2 cm wide.
The chromosomal number of Nomocharis aperta is 2n = 24 (Yu and Huang, 1994).
Growing in broad-leaved forest, alpine grasslands; 2900-3900 m.
Lilium oxypetalum is a small to medium member of the Liliaceae family which grows to a height of 20–30 cm. It is native to the N. W. Himalayas. It grows as a single stem from a bulb, preferring a cool, shady position in moist, acid soil. The green stem is tinged with purple and supports a scattering of linear to lanceolate leaves, sometimes in a whorl beneath the flowers. The leaves are up to 7 cm long. The yellow, semi-pendant, unscented flowers are produced in early summer in ones or twos on slender stems. The flowers are shaped like a shallow bowl, up to 5 cm across and have a scattering of purple spots near the centre.[3]
Oxypetalum (oxee`pet`alum) means sharp petalled.[4]
The variety insigne produces purple flowers.[3]
Lilium oxypetalum is a small to medium member of the Liliaceae family which grows to a height of 20–30 cm. It is native to the N. W. Himalayas. It grows as a single stem from a bulb, preferring a cool, shady position in moist, acid soil. The green stem is tinged with purple and supports a scattering of linear to lanceolate leaves, sometimes in a whorl beneath the flowers. The leaves are up to 7 cm long. The yellow, semi-pendant, unscented flowers are produced in early summer in ones or twos on slender stems. The flowers are shaped like a shallow bowl, up to 5 cm across and have a scattering of purple spots near the centre.
Oxypetalum (oxee`pet`alum) means sharp petalled.
The variety insigne produces purple flowers.
