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Lily usually refers to herbaceous plants of the genus Lilium, with large showy trumpet-shaped flowers. Many species are cultivated as ornamentals. Many species are cultivated as ornamentals. Many other plants not closely related to lilies are called lilies, usually because their flowers resemble lilies.
Lilium (/ ˈ l ɪ l i ə m / LIL-ee-əm) [3] is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large and often prominent flowers. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world.
The type genus, Lily , has a long history in literature and art, and a tradition of symbolism as well as becoming a popular female name, and a floral emblem, particularly of France (fleur-de-lis). The cultivation of lilies has been described since at least the ninth century, when Charlemagne ordered it to be grown at his imperial palaces. [85]
Lilium bulbiferum, common names orange lily, [2] fire lily, Jimmy's Bane, tiger lily and St. John's Lily, is a herbaceous European lily with underground bulbs, belonging to the Liliaceae. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The Latin name bulbiferum of this species, meaning "bearing bulbs", refers to the secondary bulbs on the stem of the nominal subspecies.
Calochortus / ˌ k æ l ə ˈ k ɔːr t ə s,-l oʊ-/ [3] [4] is a genus of flowering plants in the lily family. The group includes herbaceous, perennial and bulbous species, all native to North America (primarily the Western United States).
Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis / ˌ k ɒ n v ə ˈ l ɛər i ə m ə ˈ dʒ eɪ l ɪ s /), [2] sometimes written lily-of-the-valley, [3] is a woodland flowering plant with sweetly scented, pendent, bell-shaped white flowers borne in sprays in spring.
Lilium canadense, commonly called the Canada lily, [3] [4] wild yellow-lily, or meadow lily, is a native of eastern North America. [5] Its native range extends from Ontario to Nova Scotia south to Georgia and Alabama. It is most common in New England, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Canadian Maritimes. [6]
Alstroemeria (/ ˌ æ l s t r ɪ ˈ m ɪər i ə /), commonly called the Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alstroemeriaceae. They are all native to South America , although some have become naturalized in the United States , Mexico , Australia , New Zealand , Madeira and the Canary Islands .