Lloydia serotina : Alp Lily

Scientific Name:

Kingdom: Plantae

Division:

• Tracheophyta (vascular)
  • Spermatophyta (seed bearing)
  • Angiospermae (enclosed seeds)

Class: Monocoteldonae (one seed-leaf)

Family: Liliaceae (Lily Family)

Genera: Lloydia

(Named for Edward Lloyd director of the Oxford Mueseum)

Species: serotina

(Lat. sero=sow or plant)

English Name(s):

Alp Lily

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Structure:

• Bulb small, oblong, fibrous-coated
• Erect stems, with 1-4 leafy bracts, 5-20cm high.

Leaves:

• Mostly basal, narrow and grasslike, about half as long as the stems.

Reproductive Parts:

• flowers mostly solitary, about 12mm wide.
• Corola (petals) is pale cream, delicatly pink-flushed below and purple viened above, with the mid-vien prominent.

Seed:

Not to Be Confused With:

• Claytonia tuberosa (spring beauty)

Physiology:

• Herbacious

Life Cycle:

• Perennial

Seasonal Cycle:

• Finished blooming by mid-July

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Habitat:

• Alpine or subarctic

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