[Wildflowers with 3, 6, or 9 Petals West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

The Lily Family West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

Liliaceae

Sickle-leaved Onion: Allium falcifolium

Sickle-leaved Onion: Allium falcifolium

The former lily family has been recently split into a number of separate families which are listed below in alphebetical (by family) order:

Amaryllis Family: Amaryllidaceae

Onions: The Genus Allium -

Snowdrops: Galanthus nivalis -

Summer Snowflake: Leucojum aestivum -

Narcissus: The Genus Narcissus -

Asparagus Family: Asparagaceae

Asparagus, Garden Asparagus: Asparagus officinalis (Synonym: Asparagus officinalis ssp. officinalis) -

Harvest Lilies, Cluster Lilies & Brodiaeas: The Genus Brodiaea, Dipterostemon and Dichelostemma & Triteleia

Camas: The Genus Camas

Amoles and Soap Plants: The Genus Chlorogalum -

Rush Lilies: The Genus Hastingsia -

Bluebells: The Genus Hyacinthoides -

False Solomon's Seals: The Genus Maianthemum (formerly the Genus Smilacina)

Grape Hyacinths: The Genus Muscari -

Stars of Bethlehem: The Genus Ornithogalum -

Cluster Lilies: The Genus Triteleia

Lily Family: Liliaceae

Sego lilies, Mariposa Lilies, and the Cats-ear Lilies: The Genus Calochortus

Bead Lilys: The Genus Clintonia -

Fawn-lilies: The Genus Erythronium -

Fritillarys: The Genus Fritillaria

Alp Lily, Alpine Lily, Common Alplily: Gagea serotina (Synonyms: Bulbocodium serotinum, Lloydia serotina ssp. serotina, Lloydia serotina var. serotina)

Lilies: The Genus Lilium

Fairybells: The Genus Prosartes (formerly the Genus Disporum)

Adders Tongues: The Genus Scoliopus -

Twisted Stalks: The Genus Streptopus -

Wild Tulip: Tulipa sylvestris -

False-Hellebore Family: Melanthiaceae

Bronzebells and Zigadenes: The Genus Anticlea -

Death-camas: The Genus Toxicoscordion (formerly the Genus Zigadenus)

Trilliums or Wake-robins: The Genus Trillium

False Hellebores: The Genus Veratrum

Bear Grass, Common Beargrass, Western Turkeybeard: Xerophyllum tenax (Synonyms: Helonias tenax, Xerophyllum douglasii)

Bog-Asphodel Family: Nartheciaceae

Bog Asphodel, California Bog-Asphodel: Narthecium californicum -

The Greenbriar Family: Smilacaceae

California Smilax, Greenbriar: Smilax californica -

False-Asphodel Family: Tofieldiaceae

Tofieldia: The Genus Triantha -


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