Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Perennial
Origin
China, Korea
World, Pandemic
Types
Red Spider Lily, Magic Lily, Golden Spider Lily
Marchantia polymorpha montivagans, Marchantia polymorpha polymorpha, Marchantia polymorpha ruderalis
Number of Varieties
1403
0
40000
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Habitat
Along cemeteries
Boggy areas, Fens, stream banks, tropical environments
USDA Hardiness Zone
5-101-15
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
10-3
12-1
Sunset Zone
21,22
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Clump-Forming
Mat-forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
50.80 cm2.50 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
22.90 cm15.20 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Yellow, Orange, Gold
-
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Dark Green
Lime Green, Gray Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Green, Lime Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Several shades of Green
Green, Lime Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Linear
Disc shaped
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Summer, Fall
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Fast
Medium
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Average
Bloom Time
Late Summer, Early Fall
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container
How to Plant?
From bulbs
-
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Water daily during growing season, water on alternate days
-
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Clay, Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Average
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
-
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
slow-release fertilizers
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Fusarium root rot, Pythium rot, Slugs, Snails
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
Single
-
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Glossy
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
-
Allergy
drowsiness, Vomiting
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Landscape Designing
-
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
Sometimes
-
Environmental Uses
Air purification
-
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
anti-cancer, treating poison ivy, treating tumours
gallstones, Hepatitis, Jaundice, Liver problems, Menopause problems
Part of Plant Used
Bulbs
Whole plant
Other Uses
Leaves are used as mosquito repellent, Used for its medicinal properties
Used for its medicinal properties
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Container, Cutflower, Feature Plant, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall
Container, Groundcover
Botanical Name
LYCORIS chinensis
Marchantia polymorpha
Common Name
Golden Surprise Lily, Spiderlily
Common liverwort, umbrella liverwort
In Hindi
Lycoris Spider lily
marchantia
In German
Spinnenlilien
marchantia
In French
Lycoris Spider lily
marchantia
In Spanish
Lycoris Spider lily
Marchantia
In Greek
Lycoris Spider lily
Marchantia
In Portuguese
Lycoris Spider lily
Marchantia
In Polish
Lycoris Spider lily
Marchantia
In Latin
Lycoris Spider lily
Squalus
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Angiosperms
Hepaticophyta
Class
Lilopsida
Hepaticopsida
Order
Liliales
Marchantiales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Marchantiaceae
Genus
Lycoris
Marchantia
Clade
Angiosperms, Monocots
-
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
Amaryllidoideae
Marchantioideae
Number of Species
8025
1
27800
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