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  • From: Rebecca Kary <karyrebecca AT yahoo.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Lily vs. daylily
  • Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:36:51 -0700 (PDT)

Daylilies are from the genus Hemerocallis (in the
Liliacae, or lily, family). They "grow in clumps of
grasslike foliage and produce flower stalks with many
buds on them, each flower lasting but one day." You
can eat these flowers.
 
The other lilies, which you shouldn't eat, are in the
genus Lilium (also in the Liliacae family, which
explains some confusing similarities with
Hemerocallis). They are typically grown from bulbs
(which I think are eaten in Japan like a starchy
vegetable) and they "produce one stalk, with long,
pointed foliage on the stalk and usually several buds,
each of which opens to last several days." As an
example, Easter lilies are in this genus; the plants
look quite different from Hemerocallus.
 
Hope this helps.
 
Rebecca Kary
(Will be looking for a few acres in Texas in
August...wish me luck.)


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  • [Market-farming] Lily vs. daylily, Rebecca Kary, 06/26/2003

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