Hemerocallis citrina: The nocturnal species

From

H. citrina (Baroni, 1897)

[Baroni, E., Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano,
vol.II:4, 1897, p.303-307, t.11]
Synonyms:

H. citrina (nearly from the front)

Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, July 2000), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2000

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Inflorescence: Time: nocturnal
Flower: 12-17cm long (incl. 3-5cm long tube), pale lemon-yellow
Fragrance: citron-like
Sepals: 2cm wide, outside greenish with purple tip and indented
Petals: 2.5cm wide, edges are wavy
Tube:
Pedicel:
Fruit: up to 3cm long, rather triangular than round, top is blunt and intended
Seeds: black, hemispherical, irregularly ribbed
Scape: 100cm long, branched in the upper quarter, 7-65 flowers
Bracts:
Leaves: 75-110cm long, 3.5cm wide, dark green (bluish green in sunlight)
Roots: many stubby, club-shaped swellings with lateral branches
Remarks: Spreading:
Growth:
Sterility: self-sterile
Habitat: North-East China (province Shen-shi)
Common Names: Engl.: long yellow daylily, citron daylily
German: Dufttaglilie, Zitronentaglilie
Japan.: Ukon Kwanzo
others: sometimes one gets H. thunbergii as H. citrina;
leave basis just above the ground is tinged reddish

H. citrina (from the front)

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H. citrina (from the side)

Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, July 2000), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2000

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