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Lily Family
5 species
Trout Lily - flower approx 2.5 cm - leaves 5 to 20 cm - height to 20 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - April 2010
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae (Lily family)
Genus: Erythronium
Species: Americanum
Perennial - also known as Yellow Adder's-Tongue or
Dogtooth Violet - native to Canada
Dogtooth Violet - native to Canada
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Liliopsida
Updated July 28 2010
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Siberian Squill - flower approx 2 cm - leaves to 20 cm - height to 15 cm - West Don Valley (Sunnybrook Park) - April 2010
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae (Lily family)
Genus: Scilla
Species: Siberica
Perennial - one of the earliest flowering plants - also
known as Scilla - native to Eurasia
known as Scilla - native to Eurasia
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Liliopsida
Updated April 1 2012
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Michigan Lily - flower approx 7.5 cm wide, 10 cm long - leaves to 15 cm - height to 2 m - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - July 2009
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae (Lily family)
Genus: Lilium
Species: Michiganense
Perennial - some sources say that the Canada Lily (L.
canadense) and Turk's-cap Lily (L. superbum) are the
same species (or a sub-species) - middle flower
entwined by Dog-strangling Vine - native to Canada
canadense) and Turk's-cap Lily (L. superbum) are the
same species (or a sub-species) - middle flower
entwined by Dog-strangling Vine - native to Canada
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Liliopsida
Updated January 31 2010
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Orange Day-lily (Day-lily family), Lily-of-the-Valley and
Solomon's Seal (Butcher's-broom family), Red and
White Trilliums (Bunchflower family) were formerly
included in the Lily family
Solomon's Seal (Butcher's-broom family), Red and
White Trilliums (Bunchflower family) were formerly
included in the Lily family
White Water-lily is in a separate family (Water-lily family)
Star-of-Bethlehem - flower approx 3.5 cm - leaves to 30 cm (basal, grass-like) - height to 30 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2011
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae (Lily family)
Genus: Ornithogalum
Species: Umbellatum
Perennial - also known as Grass Lily, Sleepydick -
flowers don't open until late morning - native to Eurasia
and north Africa
flowers don't open until late morning - native to Eurasia
and north Africa
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Liliopsida
Updated June 25 2011
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Striped Squill - flower approx 1 cm - leaves 10 to 20 cm - height to 20 cm - High Park - April 2010
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae (Lily family)
Genus: Puschkinia
Species: Scilloides (variety libanotica)
Perennial - also known as Lebanon or Lebanese Squill,
Snowdrift - native to Eurasia
Snowdrift - native to Eurasia
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Liliopsida
Updated February 10 2012
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