关键词: 萱草, 观赏兼食用, 品种

Abstract:

‘Pink Memory’is a new cultivar selected from artificial pollination seedlings. It is 51.4 cm high，and its scape is 82.6 cm long and thick with the average of 16.4 flowers for each inflorescence. Its outer perianth is yellow with flush margin，inner tangerine with folded margin，yellow midrib，yellowish-green throat and 14.5 cm flower diameter. The flower opens only in daytime during the middle of June to the middle of August. It is a diploid plants with a propagation rate of 4.0. The flower bud is yellowish-green and contains 8 308.0 mg total sugar，205.0 mg K，28.4 mg Ca，20.9 mg Mg，33.7 mg P，0.31 mg Zn，217.0 mg vitamin B1，25.2 mg vitamin B3，47.8 mg vitamin B6，per 100 g fresh buds. It has strong resistance to drought，cold，salinity and diseases. It is an excellent ornamental and edible cultivar with excellent comprehensive characters.

Key words: Hemerocallis, ornamental and edible, cultivar