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Record 1 2011-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Lilium candidum
Latin
L. album
avoid, Latin, obsolete
CONT

Lilium candidum (popularly known as the Madonna Lily) is a plant in the genus Lilium, one of the true lilies. It is native to the Balkans and West Asia. It forms bulbs at ground level, and unlike other lilies, has a basal rosette of leaves through the winter, which die back in summer. A leafy flower stem, typically up to 1.2 m high, sometimes up to 2 m high, emerges in late spring and bears fragrant flowers in summer. Flowers are white, flushed yellow at the base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Lilium candidum
Latin
L. album
avoid, Latin, obsolete
DEF

Plante bulbeuse à écailles charnues de la famille des Liliacées, originaire d’Asie mineure, au feuillage vert clair, brillant, aux fleurs à odeur suave et sucrée, d’un blanc pur, aux anthères d’un jaune or.

OBS

Le lis blanc, bien qu'il ne soit pas une plante indigène du Québec, en a été le symbole de 1963 à 1999, année où le Gouvernement de cette province a corrigé cette aberration en officialisant l'iris versicolore comme fleur emblème par l'adoption de la Loi sur le drapeau et les emblèmes du Québec.

Key term(s)
  • lys commun
  • lys de la Madone
  • lys candide
  • lys de Saint Antoine

Spanish

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