Clump-forming rosette fleshy-rooted herb to 80 cm high from a short rhizome. Leaves several, annual, linear-lanceolate. Inflorescence a few-branched panicle, shorter than leaves, solid. Flowers several, spreading, to 80 mm wide, scented, lasting 1-3 days; spring to autumn.Tepals lemon yellow.
China, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Russia and Europe.
Grown as a hardy garden ornamental on a wide range of soils in full sun to light shade. The cultivars are too numerous to detail here. The flower buds are eaten steamed in Chinese cooking. For general information see the American Daylily Society at www.daylilies.org/daylilies.html http://www.daylilies.org/daylilies.html .
Source: (2005). Hemerocallidaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
