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 species
• Arum lily, Araceae, Zantedeschia species
• Autumn zephyrlily, Zephyranthes candida
• Aztec lily, Sprekelia species
• Bead lily:
  • Clintonia
  • Clintonia andrewsiana
  • Clintonia borealis
  • Clintonia uniflora
• Belladonna lily, Amaryllis
• Blackberry lily, Belamcanda
• Blood lily:
  • Haemanthus
  • Scadoxus
• Blue lily:
  • Agapanthus praecox
  • Nymphaea caerulea
  • Nymphaea violacea
  • Stypandra glauca (nodding blue lily)
  • Thelionema caespitosum (tufted blue lily)
  • Triteleia grandiflora
• Bluebead lily:
  • Clintonia
  • Clintonia andrewsiana
  • Clintonia borealis
  • Clintonia uniflora
• Bonnet lily, Nuphar
• Bugle lily, Watsonia
• Bush lily, Clivia species
• Calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica
• Candelabra lily, Brunsvigia josephinae
• Chocolate lily:
  • Dichopogon strictus
  • Fritillaria biflora
  • Fritillaria camschatcensis
  • Fritillaria lanceolata
• Clinton's lily, Clintonia
• Cobra lily:
  • Arisaema species
  • Darlingtonia californica
• Copperlily, Habranthus species
• Corn lily:
  • Clintonia borealis
  • Ixia
  • Veratrum
• Cornish lily, Nerine bowdenii
• Crimson flag lily, Hesperantha coccinea
• Daylily (or Day lily), Hemerocallis
• Easter lily, Lilium longiflorum
• Fawn lily, Erythronium
• Flag lily, Hesperantha species
• Flax lily:
  • Dianella (plant)
  • Phormium
• Forest lily, Veltheimia bracteata
• Fortnight lily, Dietes bicolor
• Foxtail lily, Eremurus robustus
• Fringe lily, Thysanotus
• Giant Himalayan lily, Cardiocrinum giganteum
• Giant spear lily, Doryanthes palmeri
• Ginger lily:
  • Alpinia
  • Hedychium
• Guernsey lily:
  • Nerine bowdenii
  • Nerine sarniensis
• Gymea lily, Doryanthes excelsa
• Hedgehog lily, Massonia depressa
• Henderson's fawn lily, Erythronium hendersonii
• Himalayan cobra lily, Arisaema consanguineum
• Jacobean lily, Sprekelia species
• Jersey lily, Amaryllis belladonna
• Josephine's lily, Brunsvigia josephinae
• Kaffir lily:
  • Clivia miniata
  • Hesperantha coccinea
• 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
• Palm lily, Cordyline rubra
• Paradise lily, Paradisea
• Parrot lily, Alstroemeria psittacina
• Peace lily, Spathiphyllum
• Peruvian lily, Alstroemeria
• Peruvian swamp lily, Zephyranthes candida
• Pineapple lily, Eucomis
• Pink lily leek, Allium oreophilum
• Pond lily, Nuphar
• Rain lily:
  • Habranthus
  • Cooperia
  • Zephyranthes
• Resurrection lily, Lycoris squamigera
• River lily:
  • Crinum pedunculatum
  • Hesperantha coccinea
• St. Bernard's lily, Anthericum liliago
• St. Bruno's lily, Paradisea liliastrum
• Sand lily:
  • Leucocrinum
  • Pancratium maritimum
  • Veltheimia capensis
• Scarborough lily, Cyrtanthus elatus
• Sego lily, Calochortus nuttallii
• Siberian fawn lily, Erythronium sibiricum
• Spear lily, Doryanthes palmeri
• Speckled wood-lily, Clintonia umbellulata
• Spider lily:
  • Crinum
  • Hymenocallis
  • Lycoris (plant)
• Spoon lily, Alocasia brisbanensis
• Surprise lily, Lycoris squamigera
• Swamp lily, Crinum pedunculatum
• Tasman flax lily, Dianella tasmanica
• Tinsel lily, Calectasia
• Toad lily, Tricyrtis species
• Torch lily, Kniphofia
• Trailing lily, Bomarea multiflora
• Trout lily, Erythronium
• Tufted blue lily, Thelionema caespitosum
• Vanilla lily, Arthropodium
• Water lily or waterlily:
  • Nymphaea
  • Nymphaeaceae
• White rain lily, Zephyranthes candida
• Yellow trout lily, Erythronium americanum

Classification

Darlingtonia californica is a eudicot. Nuphar and Nymphaea are genera in the Nymphaeaceae family of order Nymphaeales, and are basal angiosperms. All other plants listed here are monocots.