It is difficult to imagine a classical flower garden withoutsuch beautiful flowers as lilies. But there are among them such little-known specimens as the lily of the locust. Flowers of the locust (Lílium mártagon) - an unusually tender and beautiful plant, belonging to the family Liliaceae. Otherwise, the lily is called Marchon, lily curly or royal curls. This plant is rather rare, found mainly in the European part of Russia, in Eastern and Western Siberia, in the Urals and listed in the Red Book. Flowers of locusts grow in mixed forests, on shady fringes and glades. This short, perennial bulbous flower is a medicinal plant and a honeycomb.
It is a very harmonious herbaceous plant,height of which is 70-140 cm. The straight green stalk is decorated with dark green, long, bent leaves and slightly downwardly twisted leaves. This splendor is beautifully crowned collected in rare brushes or solitary beautiful flowers, a bit like a turban. Their fairly large petals are bent in the opposite direction. Coloring can be the most diverse, with dark purple spots. Flowers of the locust (photo is presented in the article) have 6 stamens and 1 stalk. Pollination occurs by butterflies. Inflorescence includes 2-5 flowers, and in some cases more than 20.
Plants prefer partial shade and dampfertile soils, and therefore are found in birch forests, shady oak forests, mixed forests, spruce forests, etc. However, in the forests, locust flowers grow in small quantities. Therefore, in Belorussia, Poland, Ukraine and some regions of Russia this species is listed in the Red Book. In the forests, it is strictly forbidden to dig up plants.
To replenish her flower garden with lily locust, you can buy Dutch varieties with more spectacular and large buds.
Grow this tender flower in the garden is not difficult.
Lilia curly fishes reproduce in three ways: by dividing bulbs, seeds and rooting scales.
Flowers of the locust (photo above) are often used infolk medicine. Infusion of bulbs is recommended for use from toothache, as well as with depression and nervous shocks. Juice and leaves are not bad healing wounds, decoction of flowers are taken with gallbladder disease. The locusts of the locust can be eaten.