Asphodelaceae
Hemerocallis

Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 462 (1762)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China to Temp. E. Asia. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Kirgizstan, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nepal, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Ontario, Pakistan, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Adams, C.D. (1972). Flowering Plants of Jamaica: 1-848. University of the West Indies, Mona.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1-516. Cambridge University Press.
  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 1: 1-606. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(6): 1-116. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Hara, H., Stearn, W.T. & Williams, H.J. (1978). An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 1: 1-154. Trustees of British Museum, London.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Healey, A.J. & Edgar, E. (1980). Flora of New Zealand 3: 1-220. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Hwang, Y. & Kim, M. (2012). A taxonomic study of Hemerocallis (Liliaceae) in Korea. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 42: 294-306.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
  • Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
  • Maire, R. (1958). Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 5: 1-307. Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Nikitina, E.V. & al (eds.) (1951). Flora Kirgizskoi SSR 3: 1-148. Frunze : Izd-vo KirgizFAN SSSR.
  • Noltie, H.J. (1994). Flora of Bhutan 3(1): 1-456. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Probatova, N.S. & al. (2006). Flora Rossiiskogo Dal'nego Vostoka. Dopolneniya i izmeneniya k izdaniyu Sosudistye rasteniya sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka t. 1-8 (1985-1996): 1-454. Russian academy of sciences Far Eastern branch.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Seregin, A.P. (2014). Flora of Vladimir Oblast, Russia: grid data analysis: 1-441. KMK schientific press, Moscow.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  • Zhengyi, W. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2000). Flora of China 24: 1-431. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Cooper, M.R., Johnson, A.W. & Dauncey, E.A. (2003). Poisonous Plants and Fungi: an Illustrated Guide. 2nd Edition. TSO (The Stationery Office), London.
  • Flora of China. Hemerocallis fulva. 24: 163.
  • Pemberton, R.W. & Nam Sook Lee (1996). Wild food plants in South Korea: market presence, new crops, and exports to the United States. Econ. Bot. 50(1): 57-70.
  • Porterfield, W.M. jr (1951). The principal Chinese vegetable foods and food plants of Chinatown markets. Econ. Bot. 5(1): 3-37.
  • Preston, C.D., Pearman, D.A. & Dines, T.D. (2002). New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora: an Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  • The Plant List (2010). Hemerocallis fulva.
  • World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010). Hemerocallis fulva. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2021). https://dx.doi.org/10.5209/bocm.75354. epublication.
  • (2022). https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e80804. epublication.
  • (2023). https://moip-bio.msu.ru/wp-content/uploads/kravchenko-bulletin-of-moscow-society-of-naturalists-128-3-2023.36-38.pdf. epublication.
  • (2024). www.ssc.smr.ru/media/journals/fito/2024/03_04.pdf. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Adams, C.D. (1972). Flowering Plants of Jamaica: 1-848. University of the West Indies, Mona.
  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 1: 1-606. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(6): 1-116. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Hara, H., Stearn, W.T. & Williams, H.J. (1978). An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 1: 1-154. Trustees of British Museum, London.
  • Healey, A.J. & Edgar, E. (1980). Flora of New Zealand 3: 1-220. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Komarov, V.L. (ed.) (1935). Flora SSSR 4: 1-586. Izdatel'stov Akademii Nauk SSSR, Leningrad.
  • Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
  • Noltie, H.J. (1994). Flora of Bhutan 3(1): 1-456. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  • Probatova, N.S. & al. (2006). Flora Rossiiskogo Dal'nego Vostoka. Dopolneniya i izmeneniya k izdaniyu Sosudistye rasteniya sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka t. 1-8 (1985-1996): 1-454. Russian academy of sciences Far Eastern branch.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Shevtsov, V. (2022). Personal Communication on South European Russia. 1.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  • Zhengyi, W. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2000). Flora of China 24: 1-431. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Plants for Health

  • "World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)"
  • GRIN (USDA)
  • MPNS Import
  • US-FDA GSRS (2025)
  • WHODrug Herbal Substances 2025

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Jansen, P., Lemmens, R., Oyen, L., Siemonsma, J., Stavast, F. & Van Valkenburg, J. (1991) Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Basic list of species and commodity grouping. Final version. Pudoc, Wageningen.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Cowper, S.G. [30] Mauritius K002846764 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [s.n.] Jamaica K002846770 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002846769 Yes
Thompson, T. [1104] India K002846752 Yes
{Griffith} [[51]] India K002846751 Yes
Henry, A. [10468A] China K002846658 Yes
Henry, A. [6063] China K002846655 Yes
{Rigo} [s.n.] K002846477 Yes
Forrest, G. [8128] China K002846656 Yes
Forrest, G. [24698] China K002846657 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Japan K001739793 Yes
Hara, H. [4964] Japan K002846685 Yes
Hildebrand, H.H. [s.n.] Burma K002846750 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [20737] United States K002846768 Yes
Wright, C. [s.n.] Japan K002846666 Yes
Tschonoski [s.n.] Japan K002846667 Yes
Carles, W.R. [675] China K002846676 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12329] Jamaica K002846771 Yes
[P. G. Dubaley] [s.n.] K002846473 Yes
Ayres, P.B. [s.n.] Mauritius K002846763 Yes
[G. J. C. Wallich] [8975] India K002846753 Yes
Farges, P.G. [391] China K002846652 Yes
Faurie, U.J. (Père) [5495] Japan K002846669 Yes
De He, J. [s.n.] India K002846743 Yes
J.D.H. [2370] India K001770336 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Georgia K002846497 Yes
Dr. Bret[illegible] [758] K002846678 Yes
Guého, J. [15131] Mauritius K002846762 Yes
s.coll. [K78/30] Japan K002846670 Yes
Cowper, S.G. [30] Mauritius K002846765 Yes
Farges, P.G. [1337] China K002846672 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [26440] India K002846744 Yes
Taquet [[1593]] Korea, South K002846664 Yes
s.coll. [84] India K002846749 Yes
Law, Y.W. [790] China K002846674 Yes
Pin, C. [s.n.] K002846478 Yes
Veitch, J.H. [[68]] K002846662 Yes
Blanchet; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] K002846479 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002846475 Yes
Cadet, T. [4207] Reunion K002846766 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K000499107 Type Yes
Henry, A. [6142] China K002846654 Yes
Melsheimer, M. [s.n.] K002846476 Yes
Chiao, C.Y. [2965] China K002846673 Yes
Favrat [s.n.] K002846474 Yes
[E. Marin] [315] India K002846748 Yes
{Porta} [s.n.] K002846471 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [1684] India K000499108 Type Yes
Watt, G. [6829] India K002846745 Yes
Dickins, F.V. [1403] Japan K002846668 Yes
Tschonoski [s.n.] Japan K002846665 Yes
Duthie, J.F.; [Juauat] [20235] India K002846755 Yes
Veitch, J.H. [68a] K002846663 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8975] K001131966 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mizushima, M. [697] Japan K002846671 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [26815] India K002846754 Yes
Steward, A.N. [s.n.] China K002846679 Yes
Moldenke, H. [1294] United States K002846772 Yes
Chenevard, P.; [Genève] [s.n.] K002846472 Yes
Fan, C.S.; Li, Y.Y. [61] China K002846677 Yes
Fischer [s.n.] Azerbaijan K000499118 Type Yes
Henry [195] China K002846653 Yes
s.coll. [[2153]] China K002846660 Yes
Gould, B.J. [454] Bhutan K002846742 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [20737] United States K002846767 Yes
Xiao, B.Z. [4349] China K002846661 Yes
Henry, A. [10468] China K002846659 Yes
s.coll. [1684] India K000499106 Type Yes
Gamble, J.S. [23522] India K002846747 Yes
Ellis, R. [1391] India K002846746 Yes
de la Touche, J. [65] K002846680 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [20737] United States K002846773 Yes

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