Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Medium
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: East Asia
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Common

About

The Yellow Daylily, Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, is a perennial plant that thrives in temperate climates and is native to China, northeastern Italy, and Slovenia. One of the first daylilies to be bred into new cultivars, it produces large, bright yellow blooms that bloom for one day before wilting.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Genus: Hemerocallis