Features of the biology of Anthericum liliago L. development during the introduction in the forest-steppe zone of Western Siberia

Abstract

The article analyzes for the first time the results of a study of the morphobiological characteristics of growth and development, flowering, vegetative reproduction of Anthericum liliago - lily corolla (genus Anthericum L., family Asphodelaceae Juss.), cultivated in the forest-steppe zone of Western Siberia. Shortened ontogeny was studied and it was found that the duration of the pregenerative period in A. liliago during vegetative propagation of ramets with one renewal bud is short and amounts to two years. In the third year, the individual enters the generative period and forms from three to five generative shoots. The studied species goes through all the phenophases of development from regrowth to fruiting, during the growing season of 154-173 days. According to the phenorhythmotype, A. liliago belongs to long-term vegetative summer-autumn-blooming wintering short-rhizome geophytes. With long-term cultivation, the adaptive potential of A. liliago is stable, with an assessment of the success of introduction of 9.5 points. Good vegetative propagation expands the possibility of using rare and rare short-rhizome wintering plants in ornamental floriculture, such as A. liliago, in the forest- steppe zone of Western Siberia.