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Botanical Family · Liliales

Liliaceae

Lily Family

31 speciesOrder Liliales8+ well-known plants

The lily family in the traditional broad sense — now split into many families, but often used for bulbous monocots with showy 6-tepalled flowers. Includes true lilies (Lilium), tulips (Tulipa), and many ornamental bulb plants. Most grow from bulbs, corms, or rhizomes in temperate regions.

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Representative LILIACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Liliaceae
Key pattern

Three sepals and three petals identical in size and colour (reading as six petals), six stamens, and a superior three-chambered ovary.

Many true lilies grow from a starchy bulb — but several unrelated, highly toxic bulb-forming plants share that trait, so a bulb alone is never a safe identifier.

Identify the species

Which Liliaceae species is this?

Answer what you can see and narrow it down to a single Liliaceae species.

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HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Climbing vine
Climbing/scrambling herb
Herb
Tufted grass-like herb
Tufted grass-like herb, dwarf
Upright bulbous herb
Leaf ShapeWhat shape are the leaves?
Lanceolate
Linear
Strap-like/grass-like
Tendril-tipped
Flower ColorWhat color are the flowers?
Purple/blue
White
Yellow
Leaf ShapeWhat shape are the leaves?
Broad lance-shaped
Strap-like/grass-like
Strap-like/grass-like, sword-shaped
Flower ColorWhat color are the flowers?
Greenish-brown
Purple/blue
Red/yellow flame-colored
White
Leaf ShapeWhat shape are the leaves?
Broad lance-shaped
Strap-like/grass-like
Leaf ShapeWhat shape are the leaves?
Broad lance-shaped
Strap-like/grass-like

How to recognise the Liliaceae family

  • 01

    6 free tepals (3+3), often large and showy

  • 02

    Bulb, corm, or rhizome storage organ

  • 03

    Superior 3-locular ovary; capsule or berry fruit

Typical leaf characters

Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.

Typical flower & fruit

Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.

Notable members

Asparagus, Wild AsparagusAsparagus racemosusSafed MusliChlorophytum borivilianumScaly-Stem ChlorophytumChlorophytum glaucumHill ChlorophytumChlorophytum heyneiIndian ChlorophytumChlorophytum indicumMalabar ChlorophytumChlorophytum malabaricumLax-Flowered ChlorophytumChlorophytum nimmoniiEdible ChlorophytumChlorophytum tuberosum

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