EPPO Global Database

Hemerocallis esculenta(HEGME)

Overview
Code created in: 2015-08-13

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: HEGME
  • Preferred name: Hemerocallis esculenta
  • Authority: Koidzumi

Notes

China, Japan (high mountains), Korea, Russia (Far East). Consumed as a vegetable (but the species mostly cultivated in Japan is H. fulva var. kwanso)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Hemerocallis middendorffii var. esculenta (Koidzumi) Ohwi

Common names
Name
Language
bei xuan cao Chinese
北萱草 Chinese
nikkô-kisuge Japanese
zentei-ka Japanese
ゼンテイカ Japanese
ニッコウキスゲ Japanese
красоднев съедобный Russian
лилейник съедобный Russian