#order_Liliales__Liliales an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae
supertype: #plant_order__plantorder the order of plants
member of: #subclass_Liliidae
member: #family_Juncaceae__Juncaceae__rush_family tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes
member: #rush grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
member: #genus_Juncus__Juncus type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes
member: #bulrush__bullrush__common_rush__soft_rush__Juncus_effusus tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America
member: #family_Dioscoreaceae__Dioscoreaceae__yam_family__yamfamily yams
member: #genus_Dioscorea__Dioscorea yams
member: #yam_plant__yamplant__yam any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
member: #tortoise_plant__elephant's-foot__Hottentot_bread_vine__Hottentot's_bread_vine__Dioscorea_elephantipes South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
member: #wild_yam__Dioscorea_paniculata having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism or liver disorders
member: #genus_Tamus__Tamus a genus of tuberous-rooted vines of the family Dioscoreaceae; has twining stems and heart-shaped leaves and axillary racemes
member: #black_bryony__blackbryony__black_bindweed__blackbindweed__Tamus_communis common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries
member: #family_Haemodoraceae__Haemodoraceae__bloodwort_family__bloodwortfamily some genera placed in family Liliaceae
member: #bloodwort any of various plants of the family Haemodoraceae; roots contain a deep red coloring matter
member: #genus_Haemodorum__Haemodorum type genus of family Haemodoraceae
member: #genus_Anigozanthus__Anigozanthus genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves; includes kangaroo's paw and cat's paw and Australian sword lily; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae
member: #kangaroo_paw__kangaroo's-foot__kangaroo-foot_plant__Australian_sword_lily__Anigozanthus_manglesii sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
member: #family_Iridaceae__Iridaceae__iris_family large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs
member: #iridaceous_plant any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae
member: #genus_Belamcanda__Belamcanda a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae
member: #blackberry-lily__leopard_lily__leopardlily__Belamcanda_chinensis garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry
member: #genus_Crocus a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae
member: #crocus any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
member: #genus_Freesia cormous perennial herbs; native to South Africa
member: #freesia any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers
member: #genus_Gladiolus gladiolas
member: #gladiolus__gladiolu__gladiola__sword_lily__swordlily any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
member: #genus_Ixia__Ixia a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae
member: #corn_lily any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lilylike flowers; widely cultivated
member: #genus_Sisyrinchium__Sisyrinchium chiefly North American grasslike herbs
member: #blue-eyed_grass plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers
member: #genus_Sparaxis__Sparaxis deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa
member: #wandflower__Sparaxis_tricolor a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers
member: #family_Amaryllidaceae__Amaryllidaceae__amaryllis_family__amaryllisfamily snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae
member: #amaryllis__amarylli bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers
member: #genus_Amaryllis type genus of the Amaryllidaceae; bulbous flowering plants of southern Africa
member: #belladonna_lily__naked_lady__nakedlady__Amaryllis_belladonna amaryllis of South Africa often cultivated for its fragrant white or rose flowers
member: #genus_Bomarea__Bomarea large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae
member: #salsilla__Bomarea_edulis tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America
member: #Bomarea_salsilla__salsilla tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia
member: #genus_Haemanthus__Haemanthus genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies
member: #blood_lily__bloodlily any of various deciduous or evergreen herbs of the genus Haemanthus; South Africa and Namibia
member: #Cape_tulip__Haemanthus_coccineus spectacular plant having large prostrate leaves barred in reddish-purple and flowers with a clump of long yellow stamens in a coral-red cup of fleshy bracts; South Africa
member: #genus_Hippeastrum bulbous flowering plants of tropical America
member: #hippeastrum__Hippeastrum_puniceum amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers
member: #genus_Narcissus Old World perennial bulbous herbs
member: #narcissus__narcissu bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters
member: #genus_Strekelia__Strekelia a monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family
member: #Jacobean_lily__Aztec_lily__Strekelia_formosissima Mexican bulbous herb cultivated for its handsome bright red solitary flower
member: #family_Hypoxidaceae__Hypoxidaceae in some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae
member: #genus_Hypoxis__Hypoxis small plants that resemble Amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass
member: #star_grass any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America
member: #family_Liliaceae__Liliaceae__lily_family includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae
member: #liliaceous_plant plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
member: #genus_Lilium__Lilium type genus of Liliaceae
member: #lily any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
member: #mountain_lily__Lilium_auratum golden-rayed lily of Japan
member: #genus_Agapanthus small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants; sometimes placed in the family or subfamily Alliaceae
member: #agapanthus__lily_of_the_Nile any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers
member: #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
member: #genus_Albuca genus of bulbous plants of South Africa; sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae
member: #albuca any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers; South Africa
member: #genus_Aletris__Aletris small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
member: #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
member: #ague_root__ague_grass__Aletris_farinosa colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States
member: #yellow_colicroot__Aletris_aurea colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States
member: #family_Alliaceae__Alliaceae one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium
member: #genus_Allium__Allium large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus
member: #alliaceous_plant bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor
member: #wild_onion any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild
member: #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
member: #family_Aloeaceae__Aloeaceae__aloe_family one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
member: #genus_Aloe large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae
member: #aloe succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa
member: #genus_Kniphofia genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves; sometimes placed in family Aloeaceae
member: #kniphofia__tritoma__flameflower a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
member: #family_Alstroemeriaceae__Alstroemeriaceae one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae
member: #genus_Alstroemeria genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems; sometimes placed in family Alstroemeriaceae or in family Amaryllidaceae
member: #alstroemeria any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers
member: #Peruvian_lily__lily_of_the_Incas__Alstroemeria_pelegrina an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lilylike flowers
member: #genus_Amianthum__Amianthum 1 species: fly poison; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
member: #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
member: #genus_Anthericum__Anthericum genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
member: #Saint-Bernard's-lily__Anthericum_liliago southern European plant commonly cultivated for its spikes of small starry greenish-white flowers
member: #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
member: #family_Aphyllanthaceae__Aphyllanthaceae one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Aphyllanthes
member: #genus_Aphyllanthes__Aphyllanthes 1 species; small fibrous-rooted perennial with rushlike foliage and deep blue flowers; sometimes placed in its own family Aphyllanthaceae
member: #family_Asparagaceae__Asparagaceae one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus
member: #genus_Asparagus large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae
member: #edible_asparagus__asparagus__asparagu__Asparagus_officinales plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
member: #asparagus_fern__asparagusfern__Asparagus_setaceous__Asparagus_plumosus a fernlike plant native to South Africa
member: #smilax__Asparagus_asparagoides fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration
member: #family_Asphodelaceae__Asphodelaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae
member: #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
member: #genus_Asphodeline__Asphodeline genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
member: #Jacob's_rod asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight
member: #king's_spear__yellow_asphodel__Asphodeline_lutea asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers
member: #genus_Asphodelus__Asphodelus small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
member: #genus_Aspidistra genus of eastern Asiatic herbs; sometimes placed in the family Convallariaceae
member: #aspidistra__cast-iron_plant__bar-room_plant__Aspidistra_elatio evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant
member: #genus_Bessera__Bessera small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae
member: #coral_drops__coraldrop__Bessera_elegans half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers
member: #genus_Blandfordia__Blandfordia small species of tuberous-rooted Australian perennial herbs
member: #Christmas_bells any of several plants of the genus Blandfordia having large orange or crimson flowers
member: #genus_Bloomeria__Bloomeria small genus of bulbous perennial herbs of southwestern United States and Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae
member: #golden_star__golden_stars__Bloomeria_crocea California plant having grasslike leaves and showy orange flowers
member: #genus_Bowiea__Bowiea small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
member: #climbing_onion__Bowiea_volubilis much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large above-ground bulbs
member: #genus_Brodiaea genus of western United States bulbous plants with basal leaves and variously colored flowers; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae
member: #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
member: #elegant_brodiaea__elegantbrodiaea__Brodiaea_elegans brodiaea having an umbel of violet or blue-violet flowers atop a leafless stalk; northern Oregon to southern California
member: #genus_Calochortus__Calochortus large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs
member: #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
member: #globe_lily__globelily__fairy_lantern__fairylantern any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers
member: #cat's-ear__cat'sear any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears
member: #white_globe_lily__whiteglobelily__white_fairy_lantern__whitefairylantern__Calochortus_albus globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
member: #yellow_globe_lily__golden_fairy_lantern__Calochortus_amabilis globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers; northern California
member: #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
member: #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
member: #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
member: #yellow_mariposa_tulip__Calochortus_luteus mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges
member: #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
member: #genus_Camassia__Camassia__Quamassia__genus_Quamassia genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs
member: #camas__cama__camass__quamash__camash any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America
member: #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
member: #Leichtlin's_camas__Camassia_leichtlinii west of Cascade Mountains
member: #indigo_squill__wild_hyacinth__Camassia_scilloides eastern camas; eastern and central North America
member: #genus_Erythronium__Erythronium perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily
member: #dogtooth_violet__dogtooth__dog's-tooth_violet__dog'stoothviolet perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated
member: #avalanche_lily__avalanchelily__Erythronium_montanum perennial herb having large white orange-marked flowers; found near snow line in northwestern United States
member: #genus_Fritillaria__Fritillaria fritillary
member: #checkered_lily__checkeredlily__fritillary any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers
member: #genus_Tulipa__Tulipa Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs
member: #tulip any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
member: #family_Colchicaceae__Colchicaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: Colchicum; Gloriosa
member: #genus_Colchicum__Colchicum chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae
member: #autumn_crocus__meadow_saffron__naked_lady__nakedlady__Colchicum_autumnale bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe
member: #genus_Gloriosa sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae; one species: glory lily
member: #gloriosa__glory_lily__glorylily__climbing_lily__creeping_lily__Gloriosa_superba any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous
member: #family_Hemerocallidaceae__Hemerocallidaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hemerocallis
member: #genus_Hemerocallis__Hemerocallis east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae
member: #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
member: #lemon_lily__lemonlily__Hemerocallis_lilio-asphodelus__Hemerocallis_flava a day lily with yellow flowers
member: #family_Hostaceae__Hostaceae__Funkaceae__family_Funkaceae one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta
member: #genus_Hosta__Hosta__Funka__genus_Funka robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae
member: #plantain_lily__day_lily__daylily any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover
member: #family_Hyacinthaceae__Hyacinthaceae one of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
member: #genus_Hyacinthus sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae as the type genus
member: #hyacinth any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs
member: #genus_Hyacinthoides__Hyacinthoides small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
member: #wild_hyacinth__wood_hyacinth__bluebell__harebell__Hyacinthoides_nonscripta__Scilla_nonscripta sometimes placed in genus Scilla
member: #genus_Ornithogalum__Ornithogalum sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
member: #star-of-Bethlehem__starofbethlehem any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers
member: #genus_Muscari__Muscari sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
member: #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
member: #genus_Scilla sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae
member: #scilla__squill an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
member: #genus_Tofieldia__Tofieldia genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
member: #false_asphodel__falseasphodel a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers
member: #Scotch_asphodel__Tofieldia_pusilla false asphodel having spikes of white or white-green flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe
member: #genus_Urginea__Urginea Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
member: #sea_squill__seasquill__sea_onion__seaonion__squill__Urginea_maritima having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
member: #genus_Ruscus__Ruscus a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae
member: #butcher's_broom__Ruscus_aculeatus shrub with stiff-pointed flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms
member: #family_Melanthiaceae__Melanthiaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: includes Aletris; Narthecium; Veratrum
member: #genus_Narthecium__Narthecium bog asphodels; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
member: #bog_asphodel__bogasphodel either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions
member: #genus_Veratrum__Veratrum a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
member: #false_hellebore__falsehellebore__hellebore perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
member: #family_Ruscaceae__Ruscaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
member: #family_Tecophilaeacea__Tecophilaeacea one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
member: #genus_Xerophyllum__Xerophyllum small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
member: #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
member: #family_Xanthorrhoeaceae__Xanthorrhoeaceae__grass_tree_family one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
member: #genus_Xanthorroea__Xanthorroea grass trees; sometimes placed in family Xanthorrhoeaceae
member: #Australian_grass_tree__grass_tree__grasstree any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins
member: #genus_Zigadenus__Zigadenus genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
member: #death_camas__zigadene any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous
member: #alkali_grass__Zigadenus_elegans plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers
member: #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
member: #poison_camas__Zigadenus_nuttalli a common perennial death camas; Tennessee to Kansas to Texas
member: #grassy_death_camas__Zigadenus_venenosus__Zigadenus_venenosus_gramineus plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animals
member: #genus_Paris__Paris sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae
member: #herb_Paris__Paris_quadrifolia European herb with yellow-green flowers resembling and closely related to the trilliums; reputed to be poisonous
member: #subfamily_Smilacaceae__Smilacaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
member: #genus_Smilax__Smilax sometimes placed in Smilacaceae
member: #sarsaparilla.vine any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves
member: #bullbrier__greenbrier__catbrier__horsebrier__brier__briar__Smilax_rotundifolia a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
member: #family_Convallariaceae__Convallariaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
member: #genus_Convallaria__Convallaria sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lily of the valley
member: #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
member: #genus_Clintonia sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae
member: #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
member: #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
member: #yellow_clintonia__heal_all__Clintonia_borealis common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits
member: #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
member: #genus_Liriope__Liriope sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf
member: #lilyturf__lily_turf__Liriope_muscari Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover
member: #genus_Maianthemum__Maianthemum sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley
member: #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
member: #false_lily_of_the_valley__Maianthemum_bifolium small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan
member: #genus_Polygonatum__Polygonatum sometimes placed in subfamily Convallariaceae
member: #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
member: #subfamily_Uvulariaceae__Uvulariaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae
member: #genus_Uvularia__Uvularia genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States
member: #bellwort__merry_bells__merrybell__wild_oats any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers
member: #cornflower__strawflower__Uvularia_grandiflora plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried
member: #family_Trilliaceae__Trilliaceae__trillium_family small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae
member: #genus_Trillium deciduous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae
member: #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
member: #family_Taccaceae__Taccaceae small family of tropical herbs
member: #genus_Tacca__Tacca genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers
member: #pia__indianarrowroot__Tacca_leontopetaloides__Tacca_pinnatifida perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch
member: #family_Agavaceae__Agavaceae__agave_family__agavefamily__sisal_family__sisalfamily chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
member: #agave__century_plant__centuryplant__American_aloe tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
member: #genus_Agave type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae
member: #American_agave__Agave_americana widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies
member: #sisal__Agave_sisalana Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope
member: #maguey__cantala__agavecantala Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
member: #Agave_atrovirens__maguey Mexican plant used especially for making pulque the source of the colorless Mexican liquor mescal
member: #Agave_tequilana Mexican plant used especially for making tequila
member: #genus_Cordyline__Cordyline Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants
member: #ti__Cordyline_terminalis shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii
member: #grass_tree__grasstree__cabbage_tree__cabbagetree__cordylineaustrali elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand
member: #subfamily_Dracenaceae__Dracenaceae__Dracaenaceae__subfamily_Dracaenaceae one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae
member: #genus_Dracaena Old World tropical plants with branches ending in tufts of sword-shaped leaves; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae
member: #dracaena often cultivated for the decorative foliage
member: #genus_Nolina__Nolina perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico
member: #Nolina_microcarpa__bear_grass stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
member: #genus_Polianthes__Polianthes genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lilylike flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae
member: #tuberose__Polianthes_tuberosa a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lilylike waxy white flowers
member: #genus_Sansevieria Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae
member: #sansevieria__bowstring_hemp__bowstringhemp grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber
member: #genus_Yucca tropical American plants with stiff lancelike leaves and spikes of white blossoms; sometimes considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae
member: #yucca any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America
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