Common Names
Common Names in English:
Zachary Beyer Daylily
Description
Family Liliaceae
Herbs perennial
, with a rhizome, bulb, or corm, rarely shrubby or treelike. Leaves basal and/or cauline, alternate, opposite, or whorled
, parallel or rarely reticulate
veined. Inflorescence a raceme
, panicle, spike, umbel, reduced panicle, or other, or flowers solitary. Flowers bisexual
, rarely unisexual
, actinomorphic
, rarely zygomorphic; bracts present or absent; bracteoles present or absent. Perianth usually corollalike, 6-merous, rarely 4- or 8-merous, in 2 whorls; segments free
(tepals) or united
. Stamens 6, rarely 3, 4, or 8, inserted
opposite perianth segments; filaments
free or adnate
to perianth, rarely connate
into a corona
; anthers
usually 2-loculed, basifixed
or dorsifixed
and versatile, introrse
, latrorse
, or extrorse
, dehiscing usually by vertical
slits. Carpels usually connate for most or all of their length, rarely only at base
; ovary superior, rarely semi-inferior, 3-loculed, rarely 2- or 4-loculed, with axile
placentae, or rarely 1-loculed with a parietal
placenta; ovules usually anatropous
. Nectaries septal, perigonal, or absent. Fruit a capsule or berry. Seeds with abundant endosperm and small embryo.
About 250 genera and 3500 species: worldwide, especially in temperate
and subtropical
regions; 57 genera (three endemic, two introduced
) and 726 species (379 endemic, 11 introduced) in China.Xinqi Chen, Prof. Song-Yun Liang, Jie-mei Xu, David E. Boufford, Michael G. Gilbert, Rudolf V. Kamelin, Shoichi Kawano, Tetsuo Koyama, Elena V. Mordak, Junko Noguchi, Victor G. Soukup, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kamilla G. Tamanian, Minoru N. Tamura & Nicholas J. Turland "Liliaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 73. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Genus Hemerocallis
Herbs, perennial
, scapose
, clump-forming
, rhizomatous
, from fibrous
or fleshy
contractile roots
often enlarged at ends; rhizomes spreading
. Leaves many, basal, sessile, 2-ranked, bases
sheathing
; blade
long-linear, keeled
, apex acuminate. Inflorescences 2, in terminal
helicoid
cyme, or solitary. Flowers mostly diurnal
and ephemeral
, slightly irregular, showy; tepals 6, connate
basally into short, funnelform
to campanulate
tube
, distinct
parts imbricate, spreading, inner broader than outer; stamens 6, adnate
to throat
of perianth tube; filaments
curved
upward, distinct, unequal; anthers
dorsifixed
, 2-locular, linear-oblong, dehiscence introrse
; ovary superior, green, 3-locular, conic, septal nectaries present; style
curved upwards; stigma indistinctly 3-lobed or capitate. Fruits capsular
, leathery, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds rarely produced
(sterile
) or many. x
= 11.
Species 15-30: introduced
; temperate
zones worldwide; temperate e Asia.
Hemerocallis is important economically as medicinal, poisonous, edible, and/or horticultural plants
, which have been in Chinese culture
for thousands of years (W. Erhardt 1992) . Hemerocallin, a root
neurotoxin
, can be both poisonous and useful medicinally as an analgesic, diuretic, arsenic-poisoning antidote, and treatment for schistosomiasis (J. A. Duke and E. S. Ayensu 1985; W. Erhardt 1992; Hu S. Y. 1968) . In Asia, flowers (buds and perianths), shoots
, and tuberous
roots (following suitable preparation) are important foods (G. Kunkel 1984) . Daylilies are among the most popular North American garden plants. Registered cultivars of Hemerocallis now exceed 38,000, including more than 13,000 named clones of H. fulva (G. Grosvenor 1999; R. M.
Kitchingman 1985; R. W. Munson Jr. 1989; W. B
. Zomlefer 1998) .
Hemerocallis has been included
in a broadly circumscribed segregate
family
Hemerocallidaceae with 13-18 genera mainly from the Southern Hemisphere, especially Australia (W. B. Zomlefer 1998; H. T. Clifford et al.
1998), or placed alone in a monotypic Hemerocallidaceae (A. L. Takhtajan 1997) . The dwarf
, yellow-flowered Hemerocallis minor P. Miller, grass-leaf daylily, has been reported as a local escape
in Oregon.Gerald B. Straley & Frederick H. Utech "Hemerocallis". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 51, 53, 57, 219. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Physical Description
Flowers: Bloom Period: midseason (m ) • Flower Color: pale pink
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 18-24" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 18-24" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
)
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
)
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
)
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Liliopsida
(
)
- Scopoli, 1760
- Subclass:
Liliidae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lilianae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Liliales
(
)
- Perleb, 1826
- Family:
Liliaceae
(
)
- Adans., 1763, Nom. Cons.
- Lily Family
- Genus:
Hemerocallis
(
)
- Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 324. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 151. 1754.
- Daylily [Greek hemeros, day, and kallos, beauty, alluding to the showy flowers, which bloom and wilt in one day]
- Botanical name: - Hemerocallis 'Zachary Beyer'
- Genus:
Hemerocallis
(
- Family:
Liliaceae
(
- Order:
Liliales
(
- Superorder:
Lilianae
(
- Subclass:
Liliidae
(
- Class:
Liliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Hemerocallis
There are approximately 32854 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
H. exilis · H. hybrida · H. ochroleuca · H. stoutara · H. stoutiana · H. traubara · H. traubiana · H. yeldara · H. yeldiana · H. '120th Anniversary' (Daylily) · H. 'A Bauble For Bilbo' (Daylily) · H. 'A Beautiful Beginning' (Daylily) · H. 'A Bit of Spice' (Daylily) · H. 'A Bodacious Pattern' (Daylily) · H. 'A Face Of Catriona' (Daylily) · H. 'A Father's Love' (Daylily) · H. 'A Foggy Day' (Daylily) · H. 'A Go Go' (Daylily) · H. 'A Great Mystery' · H. 'A Guava Queen' (Daylily) · H. 'A Kiss For Kathy' (Daylily) · H. 'A la Mode' (A La Mode Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'A La Prochaine' (Daylily) · H. 'A Little Late Folks' (Daylily) · H. 'A Maidens Innocence' (Daylily) · H. 'A Moment In Time' (Daylily) · H. 'A Moose Fishing On A Pond On Monday' (Daylily) · H. 'A New View' (Daylily) · H. 'A Peddler's Dream' (Daylily) · H. 'A Place In The Circle' (Daylily) · H. 'A Promise Lives Within You Now' (Daylily) · H. 'A Servant's Hand' (Daylily) · H. 'A Special Lady' (Daylily) · H. 'A Spin On Barbara' (Daylily) · H. 'A Tick Kissing a Moose On a Wednesday' (Daylily) · H. 'A Touch of Pizzaz' (Daylily) · H. 'A Womans Worth' (Daylily) · H. 'A.E. Kunderd' (Daylily) · H. 'A.E. Radford' (Daylily) · H. 'A.M. Foote' (Daylily) · H. 'Aabaa' (Aabaa Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Aabaca's Aba' (Aabacas Aba Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Aabaca's Abacus' (Aabacas Abacus Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Aabachee' (Aabachee Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Aachen' (Daylily) · H. 'Aadell Curtis' (Daylily) · H. 'Aahme' (Daylily) · H. 'Aaron And Lisa' (Aaron And Lisa Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Aaron Bolton' (Aaron Bolton Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Aaron Boy' (Aaron Boy Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Aaron Boylan' (Aaron Boylan Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Aaron Leonard' (Aaron Leonard Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Aaron's Beard' · H. 'Aaron's Dinner Plate' (Daylily) · H. 'Aaron's Little Whopper' (Daylily) · H. 'Aaron's Whopper' (Daylily) · H. 'Aarons Rod' (Daylily) · H. 'Abalone Angel' (Daylily) · H. 'Abalone Island' (Abalone Island Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abalone Pink' (Abalone Pink Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abalone' (Abalone Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abba' (Abba Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abbeville Sunset' (Abbeville Sunset Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abbey Choir' (Abbey Choir Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abbey Dore Court' (Abbey Dore Court Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abbey Gavin' (Daylily) · H. 'Abbey Lane' (Daylily) · H. 'Abbie Boy' (Abbie Boy Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abbie' (Daylily) · H. 'Abbirose' (Daylily) · H. 'Abbot's Magic' (Daylily) · H. 'Abbots Robes' (Abbots Robes Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abbott' (Daylily) · H. 'Abbott's Magic' (Daylily) · H. 'Abbreviation' (Daylily) · H. 'Abby Aldrich Rockefeller' (Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abby Russell' (Abby Russell Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abcada' (Daylily) · H. 'Abdullah' (Daylily) · H. 'Abednego' (Abednego Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abel' (Abel Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abendstern' (Daylily) · H. 'Abenstern' (Abenstern Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Aberdeen Beauty' (Daylily) · H. 'Aberdeen Lea' (Daylily) · H. 'Aberdeen' (Aberdeen Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Aberration' · H. 'Abex' (Abex Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abide With Me' (Daylily) · H. 'Abiding Angel' (Daylily) · H. 'Abiding Goddess' (Abiding Goddess Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abiding Joy' (Daylily) · H. 'Abiding Love' · H. 'Abiding Strength' (Abiding Strength Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abigail Adams' (Abigail Adams Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abigale My Love' (Abigale My Love Daylily Hemerocallis) · H. 'Abigale' (Daylily) · H. 'Abilene Golden Boy' (Daylily) · H. 'Abilene Nan' (Daylily) · H. 'Abilene Pretty Lady' (Daylily)
Bibliography
- Wang Fa-tsuan & Tang Tsin, eds. 1978; 1980. Liliaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 15: 1--280; 14: 1--308.
- Erhardt, W. 1992. Hemerocallis: Daylilies. Portland.
- Hu S. Y. 1968. The species of Hemerocallis. Amer. Hort. Mag. 47: 86-111.
- Stout, A. B. 1934. Daylilies. New York. [Reprinted 1986, London.]
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 24, 2007.
Identifiers
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