#liliaceous_plant plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
supertype: #bulbous_plant__bulbousplant plant growing from a bulb
member of: #family_Liliaceae
subtype: #lily any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
subtype: #mountain_lily__Lilium_auratum golden-rayed lily of Japan
subtype: #Canada_lily__wild_yellow_lily__meadow_lily__wild_meadow_lily__Lilium_canadense common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown
subtype: #Madonna_lily__white_lily__whitelily__Annunciation_lily__Lent_lily__Lilium_candidum lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers
subtype: #tiger_lily__tigerlily__leopard_lily__leopardlily__pine_lily__Lilium_catesbaei lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals
subtype: #Columbia_tiger_lily__Oregon_lily__Lilium_columbianum lily of western North America with showy orange-red purple-spotted flowers
subtype: #devil_lily__devillily__tiger_lily__tigerlily__kentan__Lilium_lancifolium east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals
subtype: #Easter_lily__Bermuda_lily__white_trumpet_lily__whitetrumpetlily__Lilium_longiflorum tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring
subtype: #coast_lily__coastlily__Lilium_maritinum orange-flowered lily of Pacific coast of United States
subtype: #martagon__Turk's-cap__Lilium_martagon lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia
subtype: #Michigan_lily__Lilium_michiganense lily of central North America having recurved orange-red flowers with deep crimson spots
subtype: #panther_lily__pantherlily__leopard_lily__leopardlily__Lilium_pardalinum lily of western United States having orange-red to crimson maroon-spotted flowers
subtype: #wood_lily__Lilium_philadelphicum lily of eastern North America having orange to orange-red purple-spotted flowers
subtype: #Turk's-cap__Turk's_cap-lily__Lilium_superbum lily of the eastern United States with orange to red maroon-spotted flowers
subtype: #agapanthus__lily_of_the_Nile any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers
subtype: #blue_African_lily__African_lily__African_tulip__Agapanthus_africanus African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers
subtype: #albuca any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers; South Africa
subtype: #colicroot__colic_root__colicroot__crow_corn__star_grass__unicorn_root__unicornroot any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
subtype: #ague_root__ague_grass__Aletris_farinosa colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States
subtype: #yellow_colicroot__Aletris_aurea colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States
subtype: #alliaceous_plant bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor
subtype: #wild_onion any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild
subtype: #Hooker's_onion__Allium_acuminatum a common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk; British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado
subtype: #nodding_onion__noddingonion__nodding_wild_onion__lady's_leek__Allium_cernuum widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers
subtype: #crow_garlic__false_garlic__falsegarlic__field_garlic__fieldgarlic__stag's_garlic__wild_garlic__Allium_vineale pungent Old World wild onion
subtype: #Levant_garlic__wild_leek__kurrat__Allium_ampeloprasum coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely naturalized
subtype: #Canada_garlic__meadow_leek__rose_leek__Allium_canadense North American bulbous plant
subtype: #keeled_garlic__Allium_carinatum Eurasian bulbous plant
subtype: #onion_plant__onionplant__onion__Allium_cepa bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
subtype: #eschalot__shallot__multiplier_onion__Allium_cepa_aggregatum__Allium_ascalonicum type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning
subtype: #tree_onion__Egyptian_onion__top_onion__toponion__Allium_cepa_viviparum type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers
subtype: #Welsh_onion__Japanese_leek__Allium_fistulosum Asiatic onion with slender bulbs; used as early green onions
subtype: #red-skinned_onion__redskinnedonion__Allium_haematochiton onion with white to deep red tunic; California
subtype: #scallion__leek__Allium_porrum plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
subtype: #daffodil_garlic__flowering_onion__floweringonion__Naples_garlic__Allium_neopolitanum European onion with white flowers
subtype: #few-flowered_leek__Allium_paradoxum leek producing bulbils instead of flowers; Russia and Iran
subtype: #garlic__Allium_sativum bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves
subtype: #sand_leek__giant_garlic__giantgarlic__spanishgarlic__rocambole__alliumscorodoprasum European leek cultivated and used like leeks
subtype: #chive__schnittlaugh__Allium_schoenoprasum perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning
subtype: #wild_leek__ramp__Allium_tricoccum North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers
subtype: #wild_garlic__wood_garlic__Ramsons__Allium_ursinum pungent Old World weedy plant
subtype: #Chinese_chive__garlic_chive__Oriental_garlic__Allium_tuberosum Eastern Asian plant; larger than Allium schoenoprasum
subtype: #round-headed_leek__Allium_sphaerocephalum Old World leek with a spherical bulb
subtype: #three-cornered_leek__triquetrous_leek__triquetrousleek__Allium_triquetrum European leek naturalized in Great Britain; leaves triangular in section
subtype: #alstroemeria any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers
subtype: #Peruvian_lily__lily_of_the_Incas__Alstroemeria_pelegrina an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lilylike flowers
subtype: #fly_poison__flypoison__Amianthum_muscaetoxicum__Amianthum_muscitoxicum all parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
subtype: #Saint-Bernard's-lily__Anthericum_liliago southern European plant commonly cultivated for its spikes of small starry greenish-white flowers
subtype: #amber_lily__amberlily__Anthericum_torreyi plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk; southwestern United States; only species of Anthericum growing in North America
subtype: #asphodel any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
subtype: #Jacob's_rod asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight
subtype: #king's_spear__yellow_asphodel__Asphodeline_lutea asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers
subtype: #golden_star__golden_stars__Bloomeria_crocea California plant having grasslike leaves and showy orange flowers
subtype: #brodiaea any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium
subtype: #elegant_brodiaea__elegantbrodiaea__Brodiaea_elegans brodiaea having an umbel of violet or blue-violet flowers atop a leafless stalk; northern Oregon to southern California
subtype: #mariposa_tulip__mariposa__mariposa_lily any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico
subtype: #star_tulip__elegant_cat's_ears__Calochortus_elegans small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears; southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana
subtype: #desert_mariposa_tulip__Calochortus_kennedyi mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico
subtype: #yellow_mariposa_tulip__Calochortus_luteus mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges
subtype: #sagebrush_mariposa_tulip__Calochortus_macrocarpus mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California
subtype: #globe_lily__globelily__fairy_lantern__fairylantern any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers
subtype: #white_globe_lily__whiteglobelily__white_fairy_lantern__whitefairylantern__Calochortus_albus globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
subtype: #yellow_globe_lily__golden_fairy_lantern__Calochortus_amabilis globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers; northern California
subtype: #rose_globe_lily__Calochortus_amoenus globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems; western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valley
subtype: #cat's-ear__cat'sear any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears
subtype: #sego_lily__Calochortus_nuttallii perennial plant having umbellike clusters of one to four showy white bell-shaped flowers atop erect unbranched stems; edible bulbs useful in times of scarcity; eastern Montana and western North Dakota south to northern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico
subtype: #camas__cama__camass__quamash__camash any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America
subtype: #common_camas__Camassia_quamash plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes; western North America
subtype: #Leichtlin's_camas__Camassia_leichtlinii west of Cascade Mountains
subtype: #indigo_squill__wild_hyacinth__Camassia_scilloides eastern camas; eastern and central North America
subtype: #dogtooth_violet__dogtooth__dog's-tooth_violet__dog'stoothviolet perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated
subtype: #white_dogtooth_violet__white_dog's-tooth_violet__whitedog'stoothviolet__blonde_lilian__Erythronium_albidum North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue- or pink-tinted exteriors
subtype: #yellow_adder's_tongue__trout_lily__troutlily__amberbell__Erythronium_americanum eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors
subtype: #European_dogtooth__Erythronium_dens-canis sturdy European dogtooth with rose to mauve flowers; cultivated in many varieties
subtype: #fawn_lily__Erythronium_californicum California dogtooth violet with creamy white flowers sometimes yellow-tinged
subtype: #glacier_lily__glacierlily__snow_lily__Erythronium_grandiflorum dogtooth violet of western North America having bright yellow flowers
subtype: #avalanche_lily__avalanchelily__Erythronium_montanum perennial herb having large white orange-marked flowers; found near snow line in northwestern United States
subtype: #tulip any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
subtype: #dwarf_tulip__dwarftulip__Tulipa_armena__Tulipa_suaveolens small early-blooming tulip
subtype: #lady_tulip__candlestick_tulip__candlesticktulip__Tulipa_clusiana Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the base
subtype: #Tulipa_gesneriana tall late-blooming tulip
subtype: #cottage_tulip__cottagetulip any of several long-stemmed tulips that flower in May; have egg-shaped variously colored flowers
subtype: #Darwin_tulip any of several very tall, late-blooming tulips bearing large squarish flowers on sturdy stems
subtype: #day_lily__daylily any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lilylike flowers that bloom for only a day
subtype: #lemon_lily__lemonlily__Hemerocallis_lilio-asphodelus__Hemerocallis_flava a day lily with yellow flowers
subtype: #hyacinth any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs
subtype: #common_hyacinth__Hyacinthus_orientalis widely grown for its fragrance and its white, pink, blue, or purplish flowers
subtype: #Roman_hyacinth__Hyacinthus_orientalis_albulus hyacinth with loosely flowered spikes, several growing from one bulb
subtype: #summer_hyacinth__cape_hyacinth__Hyacinthus_candicans__Galtonia_candicans southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers
subtype: #wild_hyacinth__wood_hyacinth__bluebell__harebell__Hyacinthoides_nonscripta__Scilla_nonscripta sometimes placed in genus Scilla
subtype: #grape_hyacinth__grapehyacinth any of various early flowering spring hyacinths native to Eurasia having dense spikes of rounded blue flowers resembling bunches of small grapes
subtype: #common_grape_hyacinth__Muscari_neglectum prolific species having particularly beautiful dark blue flowers
subtype: #tassel_hyacinth__Muscari_comosum large beautiful Mediterranean species having sterile bluish-violet flowers with fringed corollas forming a tuft above the fertile flowers
subtype: #scilla__squill an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
subtype: #spring_squill__Scilla_verna__sea_onion__seaonion European scilla with small blue or purple flowers
subtype: #false_asphodel__falseasphodel a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers
subtype: #Scotch_asphodel__Tofieldia_pusilla false asphodel having spikes of white or white-green flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe
subtype: #sea_squill__seasquill__sea_onion__seaonion__squill__Urginea_maritima having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
subtype: #bog_asphodel__bogasphodel either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions
subtype: #European_bog_asphodel__Narthecium_ossifragum of western Europe: Scandinavia to northern Spain and Portugal
subtype: #American_bog_asphodel__Narthecium_americanum of the eastern United States: New Jersey to South Carolina
subtype: #false_hellebore__falsehellebore__hellebore perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
subtype: #white_hellebore__American_hellebore__Indian_poke__bugbane__veratrumviride North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
subtype: #squaw_grass__squawgras__bear_grass__Xerophyllum_tenax plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
subtype: #death_camas__zigadene any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous
subtype: #alkali_grass__Zigadenus_elegans plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers
subtype: #white_camas__Zigadenus_glaucus plant of eastern and central North America having creamy white flowers tinged with brown or purple; poisonous especially to grazing animals
subtype: #poison_camas__Zigadenus_nuttalli a common perennial death camas; Tennessee to Kansas to Texas
subtype: #grassy_death_camas__Zigadenus_venenosus__Zigadenus_venenosus_gramineus plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animals
subtype: #trillium__wood_lily__wake-robin any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower
subtype: #prairie_wake-robin__prairie_trillium__prairietrillium__trilliumrecurvatum trillium of central United States having dark purple sessile flowers
subtype: #dwarf-white_trillium__dwarfwhitetrillium__snow_trillium__early_wake-robin a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States
subtype: #purple_trillium__red_trillium__redtrillium__birthroot__Trillium_erectum trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in fold medicine especially to ease childbirth
subtype: #red_trillium__redtrillium__toadshade__sessile_trillium__sessiletrillium__Trillium_sessile trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor
subtype: #lily_of_the_valley__lilies_of_the_valley__May_lily__Convallaria_majalis low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries
subtype: #clintonia__Clinton's_lily any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries
subtype: #red_Clintonia__Andrew's_clintonia__Clintonia_andrewsiana plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by an umbellike cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers; California to Oregon
subtype: #yellow_clintonia__heal_all__Clintonia_borealis common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits
subtype: #queen's_cup__queen'scup__bride's_bonnet__bride'sbonnet__Clintonia_uniflora plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana
subtype: #lilyturf__lily_turf__Liriope_muscari Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover
subtype: #Maianthemum_canadense__false_lily_of_the_valley small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers
subtype: #false_lily_of_the_valley__Maianthemum_bifolium small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan
subtype: #Solomon's-seal any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal
subtype: #great_Solomon's-seal__Polygonatum_biflorum__Polygonatum_commutatum North American perennial herb with smooth foliage and drooping tubular greenish flowers
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