Desert Candle

Eremurus stenophyllus Asphodelaceae

Other names

Foxtail Lily

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, North to Caucasus Mts.

Location

Hillside Garden

Source of plant

Brent & Becky's Bulbs, Van Bourgondien

Description

Larger in all respects than ssp. aurantiacus; leaves to 13mm wide and sharply cuneate; flowers very densely arranged, canary yellow, the anthers very wide-spreading, the stamens orange.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5