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"Ezo-sukashi-yuri" (Lilium maculatum ssp. dauricum) belongs to Liliaceae (the Lily family). It is a perennial herb that is distributed from Hokkaido in Japan to the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, Siberia, and northeastern China. It grows in sandy coastal areas and grasslands, and produces orange-red flowers with freckle-like spots from June to July. The peduncle and buds have white wooly hairs. The Japanese name is derived from the spaces between the petals. The bulb is edible and is called "masarorumpe" in the Ainu dialect of western Hokkaido, "imakipara" or "imakiparap" in the dialect of eastern Hokkaido, and "enonkay" in the dialect of Sakhalin. The Chinese name is "毛百合" (mao bai he).
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