Daylily, water lily, voodoo lily – many flowers are called lilies that are not
. To help you find the “lily” you’re seeking, here’s a list of about 250 along with the botanical name of each.
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| Common Name |
Botanical Name |
| adobe lily |
Fritillaria plurifolia |
| Afghan lily |
Schizostyllis coccinea |
| African blue lily |
Agapanthus africanus and others |
| African corn lily |
Ixia maculata |
| Amazon lily |
Eucharis grandiflora |
| American wood lily |
Trillium |
| angel lily |
Ismene calathina and others |
| arum lily |
Arisaema, Zantedeschia aethiopica, and others |
| asphodel lily |
Asphodeline lutea, also Hemerocallis |
| atamasco lily |
Zephyranthes atamasco |
| August lily |
Amaryllis belladonna, also Hosta |
| Australian giant lily |
Doryanthes palmeri |
| Australian lily |
Blandfordia, Eustrephus |
| Australian spear lily |
Doryanthes palmeri |
| Australian sword lily |
Anigozanthos manglesii |
| avalanche lily |
Erythronium grandiflorum, montanum, and others |
| Aztec lily |
Sprekelia formossissima |
| Barbados lily |
Amaryllis belladonna |
| basket lily |
Hymenocallis calathina |
| bead lily |
Clintonia |
| belladonna lily |
Amaryllis belladonna |
| Bengal lily |
Crinum zeylanicum |
| Bethlehem lily |
Eucharis grandiflora |
| blackberry lily |
Belamcanda chinensis |
| black lily |
Fritillaria camschatcensis |
| blood lily |
Haemanthus coccineus |
| blue lily |
Ixiolirion pallasi |
| blue lily of the Nile |
Agapanthus umbellatus |
| blue tinsel lily |
Calectasia cyanea |
| Brisbane lily |
Eurycles |
| Brodie's lily |
Brevoortia |
| Buddhist lily |
Nelumbium |
| bugle lily |
Watsonia |
| bunch lily |
Melanthera and others |
| butterfly lily |
Hedychium coronarium and others |
| cabbage tree lily |
Cordyline australis |
| Caffir lily |
Clivia miniata |
| calla lily |
Zantedeschia aethiopica and others |
| camas lily |
Camassia |
| canna lily |
Canna |
| Cape belladonna lily |
Brunsvigia |
| Cape coast lily |
Crinum |
| Cape lily |
Crinum longiflorum and others, also Agapanthus |
| Caribbean lily |
Hymenocallis or Ismene |
| celestial lily |
Iris kaempferi |
| chamise lily |
Erythronium grandiflorum |
| Chatham Island lily |
Myosotidium nobile |
| checkered lily |
Fritillaria meleagris |
| chicken gizzard lily |
Crinum |
| Chilean lily |
Alstroemeria chilensis and others |
| Chinese sacred lily |
Narcissus tazetta cultivar |
| chocolate lily |
Fritillaria-biflora and others, Dichopogon |
| climbing lily |
Gloriosa |
| club lily |
Kniphofia |
| cluster lily |
Hookera |
| coffee lily |
Schizostylis coccinina |
| Corfu lily |
Hosta subplantaginea |
| corn lily |
Gladiolus, Ixia, and others |
| cowboy lily |
Oenothera |
| cow lily |
Nuphar advena |
| crinum lily |
Crinum |
| crown imperial lily |
Fritillaria imperialis |
| curly lily |
Erythronium giganteum |
| custard lily |
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus |
| daffodil lily |
Amaryllis |
| darling lily |
Crinum |
| daylily |
Hemerocallis |
| delicate lily |
Clidanthus fragrans |
| desert lily |
Hesperocallis undulata |
| Egyptian lily |
Zantedeschia aethiopica |
| eucharis lily |
Eucharis grandiflora |
| evening lily |
Callirhoe |
| fairy lily |
Zephyranthes |
| fawn lily |
Erythronium including albidum, montanum, etc. |
| fireball lily |
Haemanthus |
| flax lily |
Dianella |
| fleur-de-lis |
Iris, especially pseudacorus |
| football lily |
Haemanthus |
| foxtail lily |
Eremurus |
| fringe lily |
Thysanotus |
| frost lily |
Cooperia |
| garland lily |
Calostemma |
| ginger lily |
Hedychium |
| glacier lily |
Erythronium, including parviflorum |
| glory lily |
Gloriosa rothschildiana |
| golden lily |
Lycoris aurea |
| grass lily |
Hesperolirion, Sisyrinchium, and Caesia |
| ground lily |
Trillium, Zephyranthes |
| Guernsey lily |
Nerine sarniensis |
| gumbo lily |
Oenothera or Pachylophus |
| heartleaf lily |
Cardiocrinum |
| hidden lily |
Curcuma |
| Homer's lily |
Allium nigrum |
| honeysuckle lily |
Hedychium |
| hurricane lily |
Lycoris, Rhodophiala |
| ifafa lily |
Cyrtanthus |
| Inca lily |
Alstroemeria pelegrina |
| Indian lily |
Camassia |
| ismene lily |
Ismene calathina |
| ixia lily |
Ixia |
| Jacobean lily |
Sprekelia formosissima |
| Japanese spider lily |
Nerine |
| Japanese toad lily |
Tricyrtis sp |
| Jersey lily |
Vallota speciosa |
| Jerusalem lily |
Crocosmia |
| Josephine's lily |
Brunsvigia josephinae |
| joss lily |
Narcissus tazetta selection |
| Kaffir lily |
Schizostylis coccinea |
| kings crown lily |
Fritillaria imperialis |
| lemon lily |
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus |
| Lent lily |
Narcissus pseudonarcissus |
| leopard lily |
Lachenalia |
| lily leek |
Allium moly |
| lily of a day |
Tradescantia |
| lily of Peru |
Alstroemeria, Mirabilis jalapa |
| lily of the desert |
Hesperocallis |
| lily of the field |
Sternbergia |
| lily of the Incas |
Alstroemeria, possibly pelegrina |
| lily of the Nile |
Agapanthus africanus, etc. |
| lily of the valley |
Convallaria majalis |
| lilythorn |
Catesbaea |
| lilytree |
Crinodendron hookerianum |
| lily turf |
Lirope, Ophiopogon (mondo grass) |
| Loddon lily |
Leucojum |
| lotus lily |
Nelumbo |
| Mabel Island lily |
Arthropodium |
| magic lily |
Lycoris squamigera |
| magnolia lily |
Nuttallia |
| Malabar glory lily |
Gloriosa superba |
| mariposa lily |
Calochortus |
| matthiole lily |
Pancratium maritimum |
| meadow lily |
many, including Lilium canadense |
| Mediterranean lily |
Pancratium maritimum |
| Mexican daylily |
Tigridia |
| Mexican lily, Mexican scarlet lily |
Sprekelia formossiam |
| milk and wine lily |
Crinum, several |
| miracle lily |
Lycoris squamigera |
| Moreton Bay lily |
Eurycles |
| mound lily |
Yucca |
| mountain lily |
Ranunculus lyalli |
| Mozambique lily |
Gloriosa |
| Murray lily |
Crinum |
| mystery lily |
Lycoris |
| naked lily, naked lady lily |
Lycoris squamigera, Amaryllis belladonna |
| Natal lily |
Clivia |
| nodding blue lily |
Stypandra glauca |
| New Zealand flax lily |
Phormium tenax |
| onion lily |
Ornithogalum caudatum |
| orange lily |
Hemerocallis, especially fulva |
| Orinoco lily |
Crinum |
| oxblood lily |
Rhodophiala, Haemanthus, Habranthus advenum |
| palm lily |
Yucca |
| paradise lily |
Paradisea liliastrum |
| parrot lily |
Alstroemeria pulchella |
| parrot lily (South Africa) |
Gladiolus psittacinus (dalenii) |
| Persian lily |
Fritillaria persica |
| Peruvian lily |
Alstroemeria |
| Peruvian swamp lily |
Zephyranthes |
| pineapple lily |
Eucomis undulata, Curcuma |
| pink lily |
Aphyllanthes |
| pitcher lily |
Darlingtonia |
| plantain lily |
Hosta |
| polyanthus lily |
Narcissus tazetta cultivars, Polianthes tuberosa |
| pond lily |
Nymphaea |
| prairie lily |
Cooperia, also Mentzelia |
| purple dragon lily |
Drancunculus |
| purple lily tree |
Magnolia |
| Queensland spear lily |
Doryanthes |
| queens lily |
Amaryllis, Curcuma petiolata |
| rain lily |
Zephyranthes, Cooperia |
| red mint lily |
Monarda didyma |
| resurrection lily |
Lycoris, Kaempferia rotunda |
| rocket lily (New Zealand) |
Arthropodium cirrhatum |
| rock lily |
Dendrobium speciosum, Mentzelia |
| royal Brunswick lily |
Brunsvigia |
| rush lily |
Sowerbaea |
| sacred Aztec lily |
Tigridia |
| sacred lily (China) |
Narcissus tazetta selection |
| sacred lily (India) |
Amorphophallus |
| sacred tiger lily |
Tigridia |
| Saint Bernard lily |
Anthericum liliago |
| Saint Bruno lily |
Anthericum liliastrum |
| Saint James lily |
Sprekelia formosissima |
| Saint John's lily |
Clivia, Gladiolus communis |
| Saint Joseph’s lily |
Hippeastrum x johnsonii |
| Saint Michael's lily |
Hemerocallis |
| sand lily |
Leucocrinum montanum, Hypoxis hirsuta |
| sasparilla lily |
Kreysigia multiflora |
| Scarborough lily |
Valotta purpurea |
| scrambling lily |
Geitonoplesium cymosum |
| schoolhouse lily |
Lycoris radiata, Rhodphiala bifida |
| sego lily |
Calochortus nuttalli |
| shepherd's lily |
Ranunculus lyallii |
| snake lily |
Brodia volubilis |
| soap lily |
Yucca |
| Solomon's lily |
Arum palastinum |
| spear lily |
Doryanthes, Gladiolus |
| spider lily |
Pancratium maritimum, Hymenocallis calathina |
| spire lily |
Galtonia candicans |
| spring lily |
Erythronium albidum and others |
| star lily |
Hypoxis, Leucocrinus, Milla biflora |
| swamp lily |
Nymphaea alba, Crinum americanum, Ottelia ovalifolia |
| sword lily |
Gladiolus |
| tawny lily |
Hemerocallis fulva |
| thong lily |
Clivia, Imantophyllum |
| tiger lily |
anything orange and/or spotted |
| toad cup lily |
Marica |
| toad lily |
Tricyrtis, Fritillaria meleagris |
| torch lily |
Kniphofia, Doryanthes excelsa |
| tree lily, or lily tree |
Magnolia denudata |
| trinity lily |
Trillium |
| triplet lily |
Brodiaea (Tritelia) laxa |
| trout lily |
Erythronium |
| trumpet lily |
Zantedeschia (calla lily) |
| tufted blue lily |
Stypandra caespitosa |
| two leaf lily |
Maianthemum bifolium |
| tanilla lily |
Arthropodium or Dichopogon |
| toodoo lily |
Arum cornutum |
| wand lily |
Eremurus |
| water lily |
Nyphaea |
| white bead lily |
Clintonia |
| white globe lily |
Calochortus albus |
| white mountain lily |
Erythronium montanum |
| white star lily |
Milla biflora |
| Whitsun lily |
Narcissus poeticus |
| wood lily |
Trillium |
| yellow bead lily |
Clintonia umbellata |
| yucca lily |
Yucca |
| zephyr lily |
Zephyranthes |
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