Lilium martagon L.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inPlant families

Taxonomy: Fam. Liliaceae// Genus: Lilium// Species: Lilium martagon L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Matthews (1980 in Tutin et al.).

Lifeform: Bulbous perennial; Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Southwest and Central Europe to Mongolia and Russian Far East according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Edges of sub montane and montane European beech forests, Pteridium aquilinum fields and mountain pastures, from c. 800 up to 1750 m altitude.

Flowering period: Summer: JUL.

Locality: Ponikva – Visoka Chuka. Date: 16.07.2023.

Lilium martagon – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – inflorescence. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – inflorescence. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – inflorescence. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – flowers. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – flower. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – flower. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – flower. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – flowers. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – flower. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – flower. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – flower. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – flower. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – adaxial side of petals. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – adaxial side of petals. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – adaxial side of petals. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – abaxial side of petals. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – abaxial side of petals. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – pistil and stamens. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – pistil and stamens. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – pistil and stamens. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – pedicel. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – pedicels. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – flower bud. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – flower bud. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – bracts. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – bracts. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – stem and uppermost leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – upper leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – upper leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – stem and leaves arranged in verticillasters. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – stem and leaves arranged in verticillasters. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – stem and leaves arranged in verticillasters. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – stem and leaves arranged in verticillasters. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – stem and leaves arranged in verticillasters. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – stem and leaves arranged in verticillasters. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – stem and leaves arranged in verticillasters. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo- Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – size of flowers. Scale in cm/ mm. Specimen from Osogovo – Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – size of flowers. Scale in cm/ mm. Specimen from Osogovo – Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – uppermost leaves. Scale in cm/ mm.Specimen from Osogovo – Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – leaves. Scale in cm/ mm.Specimen from Osogovo – Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – leaves. Scale in cm/ mm.Specimen from Osogovo – Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 16.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Ponikva – Visoka Chuka. Date: 21.05.2023.

Lilium martagon – plant during stem formation. Osogovo – Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lilium martagon – plant during stem formation. Osogovo – Ponikva region (Visoka Chuka), 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Lilium martagon L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537662-1 [Accessed 23.07.2023].

Lilium martagon. Raab-Straube, E. von 2022+: Liliaceae. – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/763c175b-cfe2-4ff0-ab93-34e21a308835 [Accessed 23.07.2023].

Matthews, V. A. 1980. Lilium L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 34–35.