# 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
* Star lily:
** Leucocrinum
* 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.