Liliaceae — Lily Family

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Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Liliales Liliaceae
Tulipa patens C.Agardh ex Schult. & Schult.f.

Tulipa patens C.Agardh ex Schult. & Schult.f.

Tulipa patens C.Agardh ex Schult. & Schult.f.

Tulipa patens is a bulb-forming perennial with scented yellow spring flowers that grows in dry grassy sites and woodland copses.

Tulipa suaveolens Roth

Tulipa suaveolens Roth

Tulipa suaveolens Roth

Tulipa suaveolens Roth is a Eurasian steppe wild tulip with varied coloured bowl flowers, protected in Russia and Kazakhstan.

Tulipa sylvestris L.

Tulipa sylvestris L.

Tulipa sylvestris L.

Tulipa sylvestris L. is a bulb-forming yellow-flowered perennial found in dry grasslands and woodland copses.

Calochortus raichei Farwig & V.Girard

Calochortus raichei Farwig & V.Girard

Calochortus raichei Farwig & V.Girard

Calochortus raichei is a perennial lily relative restricted to serpentine soils in Northern California coastal watersheds.

Calochortus vestae (Purdy) Wallace

Calochortus vestae (Purdy) Wallace

Calochortus vestae (Purdy) Wallace

Calochortus vestae is a North American perennial lily herb with distinctive colored bell-shaped flowers. It has a branching 30–50 cm stem.

Calochortus aureus S.Watson

Calochortus aureus S.Watson

Calochortus aureus S.Watson

Calochortus aureus is a yellow-flowered bulb-forming perennial lily native to the southwestern United States.

Calochortus coeruleus (Kellogg) S.Watson

Calochortus coeruleus (Kellogg) S.Watson

Calochortus coeruleus (Kellogg) S.Watson

Calochortus coeruleus is an endemic California plant with distinctive light blue spade-shaped hairy-petaled flowers.

Calochortus excavatus Greene

Calochortus excavatus Greene

Calochortus excavatus Greene

Calochortus excavatus is an endangered perennial bulb endemic to eastern California that is threatened by local groundwater loss.

Calochortus greenei S.Watson

Calochortus greenei S.Watson

Calochortus greenei S.Watson

Greene's mariposa lily (Calochortus greenei) is a lily-family flowering plant native to the US Pacific Northwest mountains.

Calochortus longibarbatus S.Watson

Calochortus longibarbatus S.Watson

Calochortus longibarbatus S.Watson

Calochortus longibarbatus is a lily-family flowering plant native to the US Pacific Northwest, with two recognized varieties.

Calochortus palmeri S.Watson

Calochortus palmeri S.Watson

Calochortus palmeri S.Watson

Calochortus palmeri, also called Palmer's mariposa lily, is a perennial herb with two recognized varieties, one reclassified as a separate species.

Calochortus persistens Ownbey

Calochortus persistens Ownbey

Calochortus persistens Ownbey

Calochortus persistens, the Siskiyou mariposa lily, is a rare lily-family perennial native to northern California and southern Oregon.

Calochortus simulans (Hoover) Munz

Calochortus simulans (Hoover) Munz

Calochortus simulans (Hoover) Munz

Calochortus simulans is a perennial herb native to central coastal California, with bell-shaped white to yellow flowers marked by a red basal spot.

Calochortus striatus Parish

Calochortus striatus Parish

Calochortus striatus Parish

Calochortus striatus is a lily-like bulb plant native to varied habitats across central and southern California and adjacent desert areas.

Calochortus westonii Eastw.

Calochortus westonii Eastw.

Calochortus westonii Eastw.

Calochortus westonii Eastw. is a small bulb-forming herb that produces white or blue flowers from May to June.

Calochortus howellii S.Watson

Calochortus howellii S.Watson

Calochortus howellii S.Watson

Howell's mariposa lily (Calochortus howellii) is a rare lily-family perennial found only in southwestern Oregon, growing on serpentine outcrops.

Calochortus nitidus Douglas

Calochortus nitidus Douglas

Calochortus nitidus Douglas

Calochortus nitidus Douglas is a perennial herb with unbranched stems up to 40 cm tall and lavender flowers with dark purple markings.

Calochortus umpquaensis Fredricks

Calochortus umpquaensis Fredricks

Calochortus umpquaensis Fredricks

Calochortus umpquaensis, the Umpqua mariposa lily, is a rare endemic Oregon lily always growing on serpentine soils.

Calochortus ciscoensis S.L.Welsh & N.D.Atwood

Calochortus ciscoensis S.L.Welsh & N.D.Atwood

Calochortus ciscoensis S.L.Welsh & N.D.Atwood

Calochortus ciscoensis is a 2008-described North American lily-family perennial flowering plant found in Utah and Colorado.

Tricyrtis hirta (Thunb.) Hook.

Tricyrtis hirta (Thunb.) Hook.

Tricyrtis hirta (Thunb.) Hook.

Tricyrtis hirta, the hairy toad lily, is a hardy Japanese herbaceous perennial lily with spotted pale flowers.

Tricyrtis macropoda Miq.

Tricyrtis macropoda Miq.

Tricyrtis macropoda Miq.

Tricyrtis macropoda Miq. is an East Asian lily family plant native to China, Korea, and Japan.

Scoliopus hallii S.Watson

Scoliopus hallii S.Watson

Scoliopus hallii S.Watson

Scoliopus hallii, Oregon fetid adderstongue, is a plant endemic to western Oregon, differing from its close relative S. bigelovii in flower pattern.

Prosartes maculata (Buckley) A.Gray

Prosartes maculata (Buckley) A.Gray

Prosartes maculata (Buckley) A.Gray

Prosartes maculata, also called spotted mandarin, is a perennial Appalachian lily family herb with spotted nodding spring flowers.

Erythronium helenae Applegate

Erythronium helenae Applegate

Erythronium helenae Applegate

Erythronium helenae is a lily-family flowering plant endemic to Northern California, named for Mount Saint Helena.

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