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Lily family (Liliaceae)

Lily flowers are often very showy, and usually have 6 petals. They grow from bulbs or tubers, and normally have long narrow parallel-veined leaves.
The Lily family now also includes flowers which are often placed in the separate Daffodil family (Amaryllidaceae).

List of flowers currently featured in the Lily family

(alternatively, click here for an alphabetical text list)

Solomon's-seal Lily-of-the-valley Butcher's-broom Bog Asphodel Snake's-head Fritillary Bluebell Hybrid Spanish Bluebell
Solomon's-seal
Polygonatum multiflorum 		Lily-of-the-valley
Convallaria majalis 		Butcher's-broom
Ruscus aculeatus 		Bog Asphodel
Narthecium ossifragum 		Snake's-head Fritillary
Fritillaria meleagris 		Bluebell
Hyacinthoides non-scripta 		Hybrid Spanish Bluebell
Hyacinthoides x massartiana


Star-of-Bethlehem Spring squill Autumn squill Ramson Meadow Saffron Three-cornered leek
Star-of-Bethlehem
Ornithogalum angustifolium 		Spring squill
Scilla verna 		Autumn squill
Scilla autumnalis 		Ramson
Allium ursinum 		Meadow Saffron
Colchicum autumnale 		Three-cornered leek
Allium triquetrum


Few-flowered leek Wild Leek
Few-flowered leek
Allium paradoxum 		Wild Leek
Allium ampeloprasum


Daffodil family (Amaryllidaceae)

Wild Daffodil Snowdrop Summer Snowflake
Wild Daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus 		Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalis 		Summer Snowflake
Leucojum aestivum


Alphabetical list

Common Name Latin Name
Autumn squill    Scilla autumnalis
Bluebell    Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Bog Asphodel    Narthecium ossifragum
Butcher's-broom    Ruscus aculeatus
Few-flowered leek    Allium paradoxum
Hybrid Spanish Bluebell    Hyacinthoides x massartiana
Lily-of-the-valley    Convallaria majalis
Meadow Saffron    Colchicum autumnale
Ramson    Allium ursinum
Snake's-head Fritillary    Fritillaria meleagris
Snowdrop    Galanthus nivalis
Solomon's-seal    Polygonatum multiflorum
Spring squill    Scilla verna
Star-of-Bethlehem    Ornithogalum angustifolium
Summer Snowflake    Leucojum aestivum
Three-cornered leek    Allium triquetrum
Wild Daffodil    Narcissus pseudonarcissus
Wild Leek    Allium ampeloprasum


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