Lilium candidum
Much loved in Greece where designates the first spring evenings, Lilium candidum (popularly known as the Madonna Lily) is a plant in the genus Lilium, one of the true lilies.
It is native to the Balkans and West Asia. It forms bulbs at ground level, and unlike other lilies, has a basal rosette of leaves through the winter, which die back in summer.
A leafy flower stem, typically up to 1.2 m high, sometimes up to 2 m high, emerges in late spring and bears fragrant flowers in summer.
Flowers are white, flushed yellow at the base.
Photo: from my garden in Aegina
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