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Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus
Also called Lemon-lily, Yellow day-lily, Yellow daylily, Lemon Daylily
Lemon day-lily is a clump-forming perennial with strap-like leaves up to 75 cm long and fragrant, lemon-yellow flowers on tall stems. It is an easy, hardy plant that thrives in sun and well-drained soil, and it was an early parent of many modern daylily cultivars.
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus (syn. Hemerocallis flava, known as lemon daylily, lemon lily, yellow daylily, and other names) is a plant of the genus Hemerocallis. It is found in China, northeastern Italy, and Slovenia. It was also one of the first daylilies used for breeding new daylily cultivars.
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus grows in big, spreading clumps, and its leaves grow to 75 cm (30 in) long. Its scapes each bear from 3 through 9 sweetly fragrant, lemon-yellow flowers.
The flowers of some daylillies, including Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus are edible and are used in Chinese and Japanese cuisine.
Citron daylily · Orange daylily · Amur daylily · Small daylily · Daylily
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
