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The species plants are the ones found in the wild. We detail them in the section Daylily Types. They are very hardy, bloom profusely and can frequently be used as part of an overall display. The only one we recommend not ever being used is the H fulva Europa, the common daylily, it is an invasive weed. As such it is fine for filling in barren spots. We used it to fill in hill sides and swamp areas. It takes flooding and drought, it takes foot traffic, and it seems to propagate better than crabgrass. So beware. We have spent many days this summer of 2007 digging out the old Europas from twenty years ago.

The Table below is a summary of the species we have been growing. Again beware that there is a great deal of variability within species and sometimes even less across the species. They cross hybridize an one may not have the exact species as in nature. This table has been prepared from what we have in the summer of 2007 and one should consider it a work in progress. Plodek's site has a great deal of detail and he has on that site a paper in seed pod comparison. We have found that the pods vary from location to location and from season to season on the same plant. There are certain "tell-tale" signs but try not to look for distinct differences.

It should be noted that http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Xanthorrhoeaceae/Hemerocallis/ or The Plant List Web site presents the following list:

Name Status Confi­dence level Our List Source
Hemerocallis citrina Baroni Accepted H Yes WCSP
Hemerocallis darrowiana S.Y.Hu Accepted H   WCSP
Hemerocallis dumortieri E.Morren Accepted H Yes WCSP
Hemerocallis esculenta Koidz. Accepted H   WCSP
Hemerocallis × exilis Satake Accepted H   WCSP
Hemerocallis × fallaxlittoralis Konta & S.Matsumoto Accepted H   WCSP
Hemerocallis forrestii Diels Accepted H   WCSP
Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L. Accepted H Yes WCSP
Hemerocallis hakuunensis Nakai Accepted H Yes WCSP
Hemerocallis hongdoensis M.G.Chung & S.S.Kang Accepted H   WCSP
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus L. Accepted H Yes (flava) WCSP
Hemerocallis littorea Makino Accepted H   WCSP
Hemerocallis middendorffii Trautv. & C.A.Mey. Accepted H Yes WCSP
Hemerocallis minor Mill. Accepted H Yes WCSP
Hemerocallis multiflora Stout Accepted H Yes WCSP
Hemerocallis nana W.W.Sm. & Forrest Accepted H   WCSP
Hemerocallis plicata Stapf Accepted H   WCSP
Hemerocallis taeanensis S.S.Kang & M.G.Chung Accepted H   WCSP
Hemerocallis thunbergii Barr Accepted H Yes WCSP
Hemerocallis yezoensis H.Hara Accepted H Yes (citrina) WCSP

which contains many we have. The problem with the species is that there is variability. The question is what is variability and what is a fundamental difference. I spent a few years studying systematics and decades on pattern recognition and frankly I can always be surprised. Plodek has been a standard I have used since he has extensive field experience.

For example we see H citrina variability but it is nocturnal and highly fragrant. This list adds coreana to it. H coreana as we have it, from Apps and others, is sessile diurnal and not fragrant. We do not see H aurantiaca, not a fulva, but a separate reddish species whose roots are not as bulb like. H altissima is a tall yellow with some fragrance. The List calls it a H citrina. Now I have these plants side by side and root by root, and unless my pattern recognition systems are amiss they are not the same. This list is supposed to be "the list" but the more I study it and compare it to others the more I am concerned. I have not changed any plant labels.

Name

Flower

Bud

Branching

Root

Pod

H altissima

H altiss_0

P6240018_0

buds H a_0

H aurantiaca

P7020017_0

buds H a_0

H citrina

h citrin_0

citrina _0

 

bud H ci_0

H coreana

H corean_0

H corean_0

H corean_0

coreana _0

buds H c_0

H dumortieri

H dumort_0

dumortie_0

H flava

H flava _0

H flava _0

P6240007_0

Pod Flav_0

H fulva

fulva ro_0

 

H hakuensis

H

H haku i_0

H hakuen_0

hakuensi_0

buds H h_0

H middendorfii

H midden_0

H midden_0

H midden_0

middendo_0

H minor

H minor _0

H minor _0

P6240012_0

H

Pod Mino_0

H multiflora

H multif_0

P7030011_0

H multi _0

multiflo_0

buds H m_0

H thurbergii

H thunbe_0

H tunber_0

thunberg_0

P8070012_0

 

 

                   

                                                                                          

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