Hemerocallis citrina (Hemerocallidaceae )

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Hemerocallis citrina
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The Hemerocallis citrina plant species is found in E. Asia - China. It is a member of the Hemerocallidaceae family. Some home gardeners know the variety as H. baroni.

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Latin Name:  Hemerocallis citrina
Family:  Hemerocallidaceae
Author:  Baroni.

Known Hazards:  Large quantities of the leaves are said to be halucinogenic. Blanching the leaves removes this hallucinatory component[205]. (This report does not make clear what it means by blanching, it could be excluding light from the growing shoots or immersing in boiling water[K].)

Mature Height:  0.75   Mature Width:  0.75

Habitat:  The original habitat is obscure[187].

Edible Uses: Leaves and young shoots - cooked[205]. They must be consumed when very young or else they become fibrous[K]. Flowers and flower buds - raw or cooked[105, 177]. The flowers can be dried and used as a thickener in soups etc. The slender trumpets vary from 12 - 17cm long[205]. There can be from 7 to 65 buds on a flowering stem[205]. The flower buds contain about 43mg vitamin C per 100g, 983 IU vitamin A and 3.1% protein[205]. Root - raw or cooked[205]. The flavour is somewhat radish-like but not so sharp[205].

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