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Liliaceae: Lily

Genus  (Click for Taxon List)	WI Taxa (map link)	Photo	Genus Traits	Google Searches
Aletris colic-root, star-grass	1		Flower head spike-like raceme. Flowers small, white, tubular. Leaves basal, lance-like	Images   Information
Allium onion	10		Flower head umbel-like. Flowers small; white, pink, purple. Taste and smell like onion.	Images   Information
Asparagus	1		Flowers occur along the stems. Flowers small, yellowish. Leaves feathery.	Images   Information
Camassia camas	1		Flowers in loose, terminal cluster. Flowers white without green stripe. Leaves linear.	Images   Information
Clintonia blue-bead-lily	1		Flower head nodding, umbel-like. Flowers yellow. Leaves elliptic. No onion taste or odor.	Images   Information
Convallaria lily-of-the-valley	1		Flowers in spike-like raceme. Flowers white, bell-like. Leaves elliptic.	Images   Information
Erythronium adder's-tongue, dog-tooth violet, fawn-lily, trout-lily	2		Flowers solitary, nodding. Flowers white or yellow. Leaves spotted, elliptic.	Images   Information
Hemerocallis daylily, spider-lily	2		Flower heads a loose, terminal cluster. Flowers large, orange or yellow, lasts only one day. Leaves basal, linear.	Images   Information
Hypoxis star-grass	1		Flower heads a loose, terminal cluster. Flowers small, yellow. Leaves usually hairy, linear.	Images   Information
Lilium lily	3		Flower heads a loose, terminal cluster. Flowers large, orange. Leaves often whorled. Stems not branched below flowers.	Images   Information
Maianthemum bead-ruby, false lily-of-the-valley	6		Flower heads in racemes. Flowers small, white. Leaves broadly oblong. Stems not branched below flowers.	Images   Information
Medeola Indian cucumber-root	1		Flowers head nodding, umbel-like. Flowers creamy. Leaves in 2 whorls.	Images   Information
Muscari grape-hyacinth	2		Flowers in spike-like raceme. Flowers small, blue, tubular. Leaves linear.	Images   Information
Ornithogalum	1		Flowers in loose, terminal cluster. Flowers white with green stripe. Leaves linear.	Images   Information
Polygonatum Solomon's-seal	2		Flowers occur along the stems. Flower's tepals united into a tube, whitish green. Leaves broad.	Images   Information
Scilla squill, wild-hyacinth	1		Flowers in loose, nodding, terminal cluster. Flowers blue. Leaves broadly linear.	Images   Information
Streptopus twisted-stalk	2		Flowers occur along the stems. Flower's tepals separate but tubular, whitish green or pink on jointed stalk. Leaves broad.	Images   Information
Triantha false asphodel	1		Flower head a spike-like raceme. Flower white without dark spots near the center. Leaves linear.	Images   Information
Trillium birthroot, wake-robin	5		Flowers solitary, terminal. Petals and sepals different. Leaves 3 in a single whorl.	Images   Information
Uvularia bellwort, merry-bells	2		Flowers occur along the stems. Flowers yellow on unjointed stalk. Leaves broad.	Images   Information
Zigadenus death camas	1		Flower head a loose, terminal cluster. Flowers white with 1 or 2 dark or yellow spots near the center. Leaves linear.	Images   Information