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
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