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Category: Monocots

Family Name: Liliaceae

Species Name

Aletris - Maps /Photos
	1.	Aletris farinosa L.
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
		Common Name: white colic root

Allium - Maps /Photos
	2.	Allium ampeloprasum L.*
		Common Name: broadleaf wild leek
	3.	Allium burdickii (Hanes) A.G. Jones (TN Threatened Species-Commercially Exploited)
		Common Name: narrowleaf wild leek
		Synonymns:
		Allium tricoccum Ait. var. burdickii Hanes
	4.	Allium canadense var. canadense
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
		Common Name: meadow garlic
	5.	Allium canadense var. movilense
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
		Common Name: meadow garlic
	6.	Allium cernuum Roth
		Common Name: nodding onion
	7.	Allium fistulosum L.*
		Common Name: welsh onion
	8.	Allium sativum L.*
		Common Name: cultivated garlic
	9.	Allium stellatum KerGawl. (TN Endangered Species)
		Common Name: autumn onion
	10.	Allium tricoccum Ait. (TN Special Concern Species-Commercially Exploited)
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative
		Common Name: wild leek
	11.	Allium vineale L.*
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
		Common Name: wild garlic

Amianthium - Maps /Photos
	12.	Amianthium muscitoxicum (Walt.) Gray
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative
		Common Name: fly poison

Asparagus - Maps /Photos
	13.	Asparagus officinalis L.*
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
		Common Name: garden asparagus

Camassia - Maps /Photos
	14.	Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
		Common Name: Atlantic camas, wild hyacinth

Chamaelirium - Maps /Photos
	15.	Chamaelirium luteum (L.) Gray
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
		Common Name: fairywand

Clintonia - Maps /Photos
	16.	Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf. (TN Special Concern Species)
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
		Common Name: bluebead
	17.	Clintonia umbellulata (Michx.) Morong
		Common Name: white clintonia

Convallaria - Maps /Photos
	18.	Convallaria majalis L.*
		Common Name: European lily of the valley
	19.	Convallaria majuscula Greene
		Common Name: American lily of the valley
		Synonymns:
		Convallaria majalis L. var. montana (Raf.) Ahles
		Convallaria montana Raf.

Disporum - Maps /Photos
	20.	Disporum lanuginosum (Michx.) Nichols.
		Common Name: yellow fairybells
	21.	Disporum maculatum (Buckl.) Britt.
		Common Name: spotted mandarin

Erythronium - Maps /Photos
	22.	Erythronium albidum Nutt.
		Common Name: white fawn lily
	23.	Erythronium americanum KerGawl.
		Common Name: dogtooth violet, yellow adder's tongue
		Synonymns:
		Erythronium americanum Ker-Gawl. ssp. harperi (W. Wolf) Parks &
	24.	Erythronium rostratum W. Wolf (TN Special Concern Species)
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
		Common Name: yellow trout lily
	25.	Erythronium umbilicatum C.R. Parks & Hardin
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative
		Common Name: dimpled trout lily
		Synonymns:
		Erythronium umbilicatum Parks & Hardin ssp. monostolum Parks & Hardin

Hemerocallis - Maps /Photos
	26.	Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L.*
		Common Name: orange daylily

Lilium - Maps /Photos
	27.	Lilium canadense L. (TN Threatened Species)
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative
		Common Name: Canada lily
	28.	Lilium grayi S. Wats. (TN Endangered Species)
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
		Common Name: Gray's lily
	29.	Lilium michauxii Poir.
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
		Common Name: Michaux's lily
	30.	Lilium michiganense Farw. (TN Threatened Species)
		Common Name: Michigan lily
	31.	Lilium philadelphicum L. (TN Endangered Species)
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
		Common Name: wood lily
	32.	Lilium superbum L.
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
		Common Name: turk's cap lily

Maianthemum - Maps /Photos
	33.	Maianthemum canadense Desf.
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
		Common Name: Canada mayflower

Medeola - Maps /Photos
	34.	Medeola virginiana L.
		Common Name: Indian cucumber root

Melanthium - Maps /Photos
	35.	Melanthium latifolium Desr. (TN Endangered Species)
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
		Common Name: slender bunchflower
		Synonymns:
		Melanthium hybridum Walt.
	36.	Melanthium parviflorum (Michx.) S. Wats.
		Common Name: Appalachian bunchflower
		Synonymns:
		Veratrum parviflorum Michx.
	37.	Melanthium virginicum L. (TN Endangered Species)
		NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
		Common Name: Virginia bunchflower
		Synonymns:
		Veratrum virginicum (L.) Ait.f.
	38.	Melanthium woodii (J.W. Robbins ex Wood) Bodkin (TN Endangered Species)
		Common Name: Wood's bunchflower
		Synonymns:
		Veratrum woodii J.W. Robbins ex Wood

Muscari - Maps /Photos
	39.	Muscari botryoides (L.) Mill.*
		Common Name: common grape hyacinth
	40.	Muscari comosus (L.) Mill.*
		Common Name: tassel grape hyacinth
	41.	Muscari neglectum Guss. ex Ten.*
		Common Name: starch grape hyacinth
		Synonymns:
		Muscari atlanticum Boiss. & Reut.

Nothoscordum - Maps /Photos
	42.	Nothoscordum bivalve (L.) Britt.
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative
		Common Name: false garlic, crow poison
		Synonymns:
		Allium bivalve (L.) Kuntze

Ornithogalum - Maps /Photos
	43.	Ornithogalum umbellatum L.*
		Common Name: star of Bethlehem

Polygonatum - Maps /Photos
	44.	Polygonatum biflorum (Walt.) Ell.
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
		Common Name: true Solomon's seal
		Synonymns:
		Polygonatum canaliculatum auct. non (Muhl. ex Willd.) Pursh
		Polygonatum commutatum (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) A. Dietr.
	45.	Polygonatum pubescens (Willd.) Pursh
		Common Name: hairy Solomon's seal

Schoenolirion - Maps /Photos
	46.	Schoenolirion croceum (Michx.) Wood (TN Threatened Species)
		NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
		Common Name: yellow sunnybell

Smilacina - Maps /Photos
	47.	Smilacina racemosa (L.) Desf.
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
		Common Name: false solomon's seal
		Synonymns:
		Maianthemum racemosum (L.) Link
	48.	Smilacina stellata (L.) Desf. (TN Endangered Species)
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
		Common Name: starry false lily of the vally
		Synonymns:
		Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link

Stenanthium - Maps /Photos
	49.	Stenanthium diffusum Wofford
		Common Name: (no common name)
	50.	Stenanthium gramineum (KerGawl.) Morong
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative
		Common Name: eastern featherbells

Streptopus - Maps /Photos
	51.	Streptopus amplexifolius (L.) DC. (TN Threatened Species)
		NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
		Common Name: claspleaf twisted stalk
	52.	Streptopus roseus Michx. (TN Special Concern Species)
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative
		Common Name: twisted stalk
		Synonymns:
		Streptopus lanceolatus (Ait.) Reveal var. roseus (Michx.) Reveal

Tofieldia - Maps /Photos
	53.	Tofieldia racemosa (Walt.) Britt., Sterns & Poggenb (TN Endangered Species)
		NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
		Common Name: coastal false asphodel

Trillium - Maps /Photos
	54.	Trillium catesbaei Ell.
		Common Name: Catesby's wakerobin
	55.	Trillium cuneatum Raf.
		Common Name: little sweet Betsy
		Synonymns:
		Trillium hugeri Small
	56.	Trillium decumbens Harb. (TN Endangered Species)
		Common Name: trailing wakerobin, decumbent trillium
	57.	Trillium erectum L.
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
		Common Name: red trillium
		Synonymns:
		Trillium erectum L. var. flavum Torr.
		Trillium erectum L. var. album Pursh
	58.	Trillium flexipes Raf.
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
		Common Name: nodding wakerobin, bent trillium
		Synonymns:
		Trillium gleasonii auct. non Fern.
	59.	Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb.
		Common Name: largeflowered trillium
	60.	Trillium lancifolium Raf. (TN Endangered Species)
		NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
		Common Name: lanceleaf wakerobin
	61.	Trillium luteum (Muhl.) Harb.
		Common Name: yellow trillium
		Synonymns:
		Trillium cuneatum Raf. var. luteum (Muhl.) Ahles
	62.	Trillium pusillum Michaux. (TN Endangered Species)
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
		Common Name: dwarf wakerobin
	63.	Trillium recurvatum Beck
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
		Common Name: bloody butcher
	64.	Trillium rugelii Rendle (TN Endangered Species)
		Common Name: southern nodding trillium
	65.	Trillium sessile L.
		NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
		Common Name: toadshade, sessile trillium
	66.	Trillium simile Gleason
		Common Name: sweet white trillium
	67.	Trillium stamineum Harb.
		Common Name: Blue Ridge wakerobin
	68.	Trillium sulcatum T.S. Patrick
		Common Name: southern red trillium
		Synonymns:
		Trillium erectum L. var. sulcatum Barksdale
	69.	Trillium undulatum Willd.
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
		Common Name: painted trillium
	70.	Trillium vaseyi Harb.
		Common Name: Vasey's trillium
		Synonymns:
		Trillium erectum L. var. vaseyi (Harbison) Ahles

Uvularia - Maps /Photos
	71.	Uvularia grandiflora Sm.
		Common Name: largeflower bellwort
	72.	Uvularia perfoliata L.
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
		Common Name: perfoliate bellwort
	73.	Uvularia puberula Michx.
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
		Common Name: mountain bellwort
		Synonymns:
		Uvularia pudica sensu Fern.
	74.	Uvularia sessilifolia L.
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
		Common Name: sessileleaf bellwort

Veratrum - Maps /Photos
	75.	Veratrum viride Ait.
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
		Common Name: green false hellebore

Xerophyllum - Maps /Photos
	76.	Xerophyllum asphodeloides (L.) Nutt (TN Threatened Species)
		Common Name: eastern turkeybeard

Zigadenus - Maps /Photos
	77.	Zigadenus densus (Desr.) Fern.
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
		Common Name: Osceola's plume
	78.	Zigadenus glaucus Nutt. (TN Endangered Species)
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative
		Common Name: mountain death camas
		Synonymns:
		Zigadenus elegans Pursh ssp. glaucus (Nutt.) Hulten
	79.	Zigadenus leimanthoides Gray (TN Threatened Species)
		NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
		Common Name: pinebarren death camas

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Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Monocots

Family Name: Liliaceae