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Lilium candidum
Madonna Lily, White Lily
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 1224 0479 (2024-12-12)Copyright © 2024 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Jun 3, 2020
latitude 45.06027 longitude 14.48778
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location
Kvarner Bay, island Krk, east-southeast of village Žgaljiči, near the road from Valbiska to Krk bridge (Rijeka region, Croatia)family
Liliaceae
notes Slo.: Alojzijeva lilija, bela lilija - syn.: Lilium album Houtt., Lilium peregrinum Mill., Lilium striatum Baker - syn.: Lilium album Houtt., Lilium peregrinum Mill., Lilium striatum Baker - Habitat: bushland, among other tall herbs; flat terrain, calcareous ground; mostly sunny place, elevation 90 m (295 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 12-14 deg C, Sub_mediterranean phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comment about Flick's album Lilium candidum): Lilium candidum is a plant that originates from the Western Balkans and the Middle East countries. However, thanks to extensive cultivation, it has spread almost everywhere where the climate allows it. In 1,550 BC, we already find traces of Lilium Candidum as a celebrated plant. It appears in the famous 'Prince of the Lilies' fresco, which adorned the Minoan palace of Knossos. Later, it played a role of beauty in several cultures and religions. In Christianity, it has an important symbolic role. Christ mentions it, in addition to three other plants, mustard plants (Sinapsis alba L.), grapevine (Vitis vinifera), and fig (Ficus carica), as the pinnacle of beauty that human works cannot reach. Today, it has fallen out of fashion to some extent, but it is still an ornament to many gardens. Globally, the number of cultivated plants in gardens probably far exceeds the number of wild plants. - The species grows in Croatia wild on the Adriatic islands and the neighboring mainland coast, while in Slovenia, wild plants are unknown. - The found specimen was, unfortunately, heavily eaten and withered. I would not have taken a photo if it were not for the fact that it was probably the first find of this species (and genus) growing wild on the island of Krk. There is no information about its locations on Krk in the FCD database ((Ref. 2; December 2024). - On the other hand, it cannot be ruled out that this plant is not truly wild. It may have a sub-spontaneous appearance, i.e., represents an escaped or unconsciously brought plant. It grew only about 10 m from a moderately busy asphalt road; on the other side, the air-sight distance to the nearest gardens in the village of Žgaljići is about 500 m, which is quite far. We will never know the answer to this question. - Ref.: (1) T. Nikolić, Flora Croatica, Vaskularna flora Republike Hrvatske, Vol. 3. Alfa d.d.. Zagreb (2020) p 143. (2) T. Nikolić ed. (2015 - 2024): Flora Croatica Database (FCD) (http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd), Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb (accessed date: Dec. 2024). (3) M. Blamey, C. Grey-Wilson, Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean, A & C Black, London (2005), p 475. (4) R. Domac, Flora Hrvatske (Flora of Croatia) (in Croatian), Školska Knjiga, Zagreb (1994), p 396.camera Sony ILCE6000 / Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar E 16-70 mm/f4
contributor's ID # Bot_1300/2020_DSC3182 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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