medicinal herbs
Hemerocallis species
Herb latin name: Hemerocallis species
Family: Hemerocallidaceae
Description of the plant:
Plant:
PerennialHeight:
120 cm(4 feet)
Flowering:
July toSeptember
Habitat of Hemerocallis species:
Not known in the wild.Known hazards of Hemerocallis species:
Large quantities of the leaves are said to be hallucinogenic. Blanching the leaves removes this hallucinatory component. (This report does not make clear what it means by blanching, it could be excluding light from the growing shoots or immersing in boiling water.)Plant information taken from the Plants For A Future.