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Asparagaceae

371 species · Plants

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Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Asparagales › Asparagaceae

Ruscus hypoglossum L.

Ruscus hypoglossum L. is a small dioecious shrub that rarely produces small red round berries.

Schizocarphus nervosus (Burch.) van der Merwe

Schizocarphus is a monotypic bulbous flowering plant genus, whose only species S. nervosus occurs across eastern Africa from Tanzania to South Africa.

Schoenolirion croceum (Michx.) Alph.Wood

Schoenolirion croceum, or yellow sunnybell, is a yellow-flowered Agave subfamily plant native to the Southeastern United States.

Scilla bifolia L.

Scilla bifolia L. is an early-spring flowering bulb plant native to Eurasia that holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Scilla forbesii (Baker) Speta

Scilla forbesii is a spring-flowering bulbous plant native to Turkey, widely cultivated in gardens.

Scilla lilio-hyacinthus L.

Scilla lilio-hyacinthus is a poisonous bulbous perennial flowering herb, sometimes grown as an ornamental in gardens.

Scilla luciliae (Boiss.) Speta

Scilla luciliae, also called Lucile's Squill, is a small spring ephemeral bulb native to Turkey that is widely cultivated in gardens.

Scilla monophyllos Link

Single-leaved squill (Scilla monophyllos) is a one-leaved Asparagaceae flowering plant native to Morocco, Portugal, and western Spain.

Scilla peruviana L.

Scilla peruviana is a bulb-bearing herbaceous perennial from the western Mediterranean, grown as an ornamental plant.

Scilla siberica Andrews

Scilla siberica Andrews is an early-spring flowering bulbous perennial cultivated for its blue bell-shaped flowers.

Scilla verna Huds.

Scilla verna Huds. is a small perennial bulbous flowering plant native to coastal Western Europe.

Thysanotus patersonii R.Br.

Thysanotus patersonii is a leafless twining Australian perennial herb, used in horticulture and by native birds for nesting.

Thysanotus tuberosus R.Br.

Thysanotus tuberosus (common fringe-lily) is an endemic Australian perennial herb with edible crisp roots and purple one-day flowers.

Triteleia bridgesii (S.Watson) Greene

Triteleia bridgesii, or Bridges' brodiaea, is an ornamental perennial triplet lily native to western US serpentine regions.

Triteleia grandiflora Lindl.

Triteleia grandiflora is a corm-growing perennial herb native to western North America with edible corms eaten by wildlife and humans.

Triteleia hyacinthina (Lindl.) Greene

Triteleia hyacinthina, or fool's onion, is a perennial flowering corm native to grassy, seasonally moist habitats of western North America.

Triteleia ixioides (Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton) Greene

Triteleia ixioides is a corm-growing perennial herb native mostly to California with characteristic umbels of yellow flowers.

Triteleia laxa Benth.

Triteleia laxa is an edible triplet lily native to western North America, widely cultivated as an ornamental.

Triteleia lilacina Greene

Triteleia lilacina is a corm-growing perennial wildflower with white bowl-shaped flowers and purplish anthers.

Triteleia peduncularis Lindl.

Triteleia peduncularis is a perennial wildflower endemic to California, known by common names long-ray brodiaea and longray triteleia.

Yucca aloifolia L.

Yucca aloifolia L. is a spiky-leaved yucca native to southeastern US coasts, grown ornamentally with edible parts.

Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel.

Narrowleaf yucca Yucca angustissima is a low-lying agave relative native to the southwestern US, grown ornamentally elsewhere with a stable overall population.

Yucca arkansana Trel.

Yucca arkansana, or Arkansas yucca, is a small yucca native to the south-central United States, not considered threatened.

Yucca baccata Torr.

Yucca baccata Torr. (banana yucca) is a cold-hardy yucca native to southwestern North American deserts, with edible parts used traditionally by Indigenous peoples.

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