Daylily

                                

 Common   Name : Daylily

Botanical Name : Hemerocallis 'Hush Little Baby'

The name Hemerocallis comes from the Greek words (hemera) "day" and (kalos) "beautiful". This name alludes to the flowers which typically last no more than 24 hours.The flowers of most species open in early morning and wither during the following night, possibly replaced by another one on the same scape (flower stalk) the next day. Some species are night blooming. Daylilies are not commonly used as cut flowers for formal flower arranging, yet they make good cut flowers otherwise as new flowers continue to open on cut stems over several days.

Hemerocallis is native to Eurasia, including China, Korea, and Japan, and this genus is popular worldwide because of the showy flowers and hardiness of many kinds. There are over 60,000 registered cultivars.Most kinds of Daylilies occur as clumps, each of which has leaves, a crown, flowers, and roots. The long, linear lanceolate leaves are grouped into opposite fans with arching leaves. The crown is the small white portion between the leaves and the roots. Along the scape of some kinds of daylilies, small leafy "proliferations" form at nodes or in bracts.

The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognizes 18 species such As:

• Hemerocallis citrina Baroni (syn. H. altissima Stout, H. coreana Nakai)
• Hemerocallis darrowiana S.Y.Hu
• Hemerocallis dumortieri E.Morren
• Hemerocallis esculenta Koidz. (syn. H. pedicellata Nakai)
• Hemerocallis forrestii Diels
• Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L. (H. sempervirens Araki, H. sendaica Ohwi and H. aurantiaca Baker are now treated as varieties of this species) – Orange Daylily, Tawny Daylily, Tiger Lily, Ditch Lily
• Hemerocallis hakuunensis Nakai (syn. H. micrantha Nakai)
• Hemerocallis hongdoensis M.G.Chung & S.S.Kang
• Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus L. (syn. H. flava (L.) L.) – Lemon Lily, Yellow Daylily
• Hemerocallis littorea Makino
• Hemerocallis middendorffii Trautv. & C.A.Mey. (includes H. exaltata Stout as H. m. var. exaltata)
• Hemerocallis minor Mill. (syn. H. sulphurea Nakai)
• Hemerocallis multiflora Stout
• Hemerocallis plicata Stapf
• Hemerocallis taeanensis S.S.Kang & M.G.Chung
• Hemerocallis thunbergii Barr (syn. H. serotina Focke, H. vespertina Hara)
• Hemerocallis yezoensis H.Hara
• Hemerocallis nana W.W.Sm. & Forrest