The foliage consists of sword like, green leaves arising from a central crown called a division, fan, or ramete.
Roots consist of a combination of fine hair roots and fleshy fingerlike growths.
Flowers are born on leafless stalks called scapes. Each blossom, as the name indicates, lasts just one day. However, there are often between 20 to 40 blossoms per scape which spread their blooms over a number of weeks. The modern daylilies are available with flow sizes ranging from 2 inches to 10 inches across. Bloom heights vary from 10 inches to over 4 feet.