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''Lilium speciosum'', sometimes called the Japanese lily , is a lily native to Japan. It grows up to around 1.5 m in height. The flowers are white to pink in colour, and strongly scented. It is later flowering than most other species. Many garden forms are in cultivation, and the species has been widely used for breeding of garden forms.

''L. speciosum'' contains phenolic glycosides, such as 6′-O-feruloylsucrose and -26-methoxyspirost-5-en-3β-ol 3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl--β-d-glucopyranoside,.. more