Golden-Rayed Lily (Lilium auratum)

Family: Liliaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Lilium auratum is a BULB growing to 1.8 m (6ft). See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 6. It is in flower from August to September, and the seeds ripen from September to October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Bees. Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid and neutral soils.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Sweet and mucilaginous with a mild flavour that makes them acceptable to people who have never tried them before. — Sweet and mucilaginous with a mild flavour that makes them acceptable to people who have never tried them before.; The bulbs are used as a vegetable, and can also be boiled, sweetened, powdered and used in dumplings.; Large, they can be up to 17cm in diameter.

Habitat & North American Range

Hills and mountains in scrub or grassy places, in volcanic ash or poor gravelly soils, always on steep well-drained slopes. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)