List of plants known as lily
Lily usually refers to herbaceous plants of the genus Lilium, with large showy trumpet-shaped flowers. Many species are cultivated as ornamentals.
Many other plants not closely related to lilies are called lilies, usually because their flowers resemble lilies. They include:-
- African lily, Agapanthus africanus
- Amazon lily, Eucharis sp.
- Arum lily, Arum
- Autumn zephyrlily, Zephyranthes candida
- Bead lily:
- Belladonna lily, Amaryllis
- Blackberry lily, Belamcanda
- Blood lily, Haemanthus
- Blue lily:
- Agapanthus praecox
- Nymphaea caerulea
- Nymphaea violacea
- Stypandra glauca (nodding blue lily)
- Thelionema caespitosum (tufted blue lily)
- Triteleia grandiflora
- Bluebead lily:
- Bonnet lily, Nuphar
- Bugle lily, Watsonia
- Bush lily, Clivia sp.
- Calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica
- Chocolate lily:
- Clinton's lily, Clintonia
- Copperlily, Habranthus sp.
- Corn lily:
- Cornish lily, Nerine bowdenii
- Crimson flag lily, Hesperantha coccinea
- Daylily (or Day lily), Hemerocallis
- Easter lily, Lilium longiflorum
- Fawn lily, Erythronium
- Flag lily, Hesperantha sp.
- Flax lily:
- Forest lily, Veltheimia bracteata
- Fringe lily, Thysanotus
- Giant spear lily, Doryanthes palmeri
- Ginger lily:
- Guernsey lily:
- Gymea lily, Doryanthes excelsa
- Hedgehog lily, Massonia depressa
- Jersey lily, Amaryllis belladonna
- Kaffir lily:
- Lent lily, the wild daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus
- Lily of the Incas, Alstroemeria psittacina
- Lily of the Nile, Agapanthus praecox
- Lily of the valley, Convallaria majalis
- Mariposa lily, Calochortus
- Natal lily, Clivia miniata
- Nodding blue lily, Stypandra glauca
- Paintbrush lily, Haemanthus coccineus
- Paradise lily, Paradisea
- Parrot lily, Alstroemeria psittacina
- Peace lily, Spathiphyllum
- Peruvian lily, Alstroemeria
- Peruvian swamp lily, Zephyranthes candida
- Pineapple lily, Eucomis
- Pond lily, Nuphar
- Rain lily:
- Resurrection lily, Lycoris squamigera
- River lily:
- St. Bernard's lily, Anthericum liliago
- St. Bruno's lily, Paradisea liliastrum
- Sand lily:
- Scarborough lily, Cyrtanthus elatus
- Spear lily, Doryanthes palmeri
- Speckled wood-lily, Clintonia umbellulata
- Spider lily:
- Spoon lily, Alocasia brisbanensis
- Surprise lily, Lycoris squamigera
- Swamp lily, Crinum pedunculatum
- Tasman flax lily, Dianella tasmanica
- Tinsel lily, Calectasia
- Toad lily, Tricyrtis sp.
- Torch lily, Kniphofia
- Trailing lily, Bomarea multiflora
- Trout lily, Erythronium
- Tufted blue lily, Thelionema caespitosum
- Vanilla lily, Arthropodium
- Water lily or waterlily:
- White rain lily, Zephyranthes candida
- Yellow trout lily, Erythronium americanum
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