Hemerocallis Fulva

Scientific Name: Hemerocallis fulva

Common Name: orange daylily

Symbol: HEFU

Category: Monocot

Genus: Hemerocallis

Family: Liliaceae

Family Common Name: Lily family

Order: Liliales

Class: Liliopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Duration: Perennial

Growth Habit: Forb/herb

Native Status: L48 (I), CAN (I)

Edible: unknown

Day lily flower and tuber detail

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Scientific Name: Hemerocallis fulva

Common Name(s): common orange daylily, Day lily, ditch lily, tiger lily

Edible: yes

Medicinal: no

Parts Used: root, fruit, leaf

Logos 12 Aug, 2008	Description: This plant has unspotted, tawny blossoms that open for 1 day only. It has long, swordlike, green basal leaves. Its root is a mass of swollen and elongated tubers.
Current Rating: 0.0000

Logos 12 Aug, 2008	Habitat and Distribution: Daylilies are found worldwide in Tropic and Temperate Zones. They are grown as a vegetable in the Orient and as an ornamental plant elsewhere.
Current Rating: 0.0000

Logos 12 Aug, 2008	Edible Parts: The young green leaves are edible raw or cooked. Tubers are also edible raw or cooked. You can eat its flowers raw, but they taste better cooked. You can also fry the flowers for storage.
Current Rating: 0.0000

Logos 12 Aug, 2008	CAUTION Eating excessive amounts of raw flowers may cause diarrhea.
Current Rating: 0.0000

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