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Lilium candidum, the Madonna Lily, is a plant in the genus Lilium, one of the true lilies. It is native to the Balkans and West Asia. Southwest Asia or Southwestern Asia (largely overlapping with the Middle East) is the southwestern portion of 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.
It has long been cultivated, but is susceptible to virus diseases of lilies, and to Botrytis fungus. A virus (from the Latin virus meaning Toxin or Poison) is a sub-microscopic infectious agent that is unable One possible way around to avoid problems with viruses is to grow plants raised from seed. Madonna lilies are depicted on wall paintings at the Minoan palace of Knossos. Knossos (alternative spellings Knossus, Cnossus, Greek Κνωσός kno̞ˈso̞s also known as the Knossos Palace is the largest Medieval depictions of the Blessed Virgin Mary usually show her clutching these flowers. This ecumenical article is about general Christian views on and veneration of the Virgin Mary
References
The European Garden Flora (1986). Garden Bulbs for the South (1994).
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