Hemerocallis thunbergii
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The Hemerocallis thunbergii plant species is found in E. Asia - N. China, Japan, Korea. It is a member of the Hemerocallidaceae family. Some home gardeners know the variety as H. citrina. Nakai. non Baroni. H. vespertina. Hara.

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Latin Name:  Hemerocallis thunbergii
Family:  Hemerocallidaceae
Author:  Bak.
 
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:  0.5   Mature Width:  0.5
 
Habitat:  Mountains in C. and S. Japan[58].

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