Lilium hansonii, known as Hanson's lily[1] and Japanese turk's-cap lily,[2] is an East Asian species of plants in the lily family.[3] [4] It is native to Korea, Japan, and to Jilin Province in northeastern China, as well as being widely cultivated as an ornamental.[5]
Lilium hansonii is a vigorous early - flowering stem - rooting true lily. It has elliptic to inversely lanced - shaped leaves, pale green, up to 7 inches (18 cm) long and carried in whorls of 12 - 20 leaves. In early summer it produces racemes of up 10 - 14 small, nodding, fragrant, flowers with recurved tepals of a brilliant orange - yellow. The tepals are fleshy and show purplish - brown spots near the base. The plant grows to 3 - 5 feet (1 - 1.5 m) tall.
Lilium hansonii is named for Peter Hanson (1821 - 1887), a Danish - born American landscape artist who was an aficionado of tulips and also grew lilies.