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Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Liliaceae

SPECIES

Clintonia - [maps | photos]

  • Clintonia borealis (Aiton) Raf. (TN Special Concern)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: blue bead-lily

Erythronium - [maps | photos]

             • Erythronium americanum Ker-Gawl. ssp. harperi (W. Wolf) Parks &
             • Erythronium americanum Ker-Gawl. ssp. harperi (W. Wolf) Parks &
  • Erythronium rostratum W. Wolf (TN Special Concern)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: beaked trout-lily
             • Erythronium umbilicatum Parks & Hardin ssp. monostolum Parks & Hardin

Lilium - [maps | photos]

  • Lilium canadense L. (TN Threatened)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative
    Common Name: Canada lily
    Synonyms:
             • Lilium canadense L. ssp. editorum (Fernald) Wherry
  • Lilium grayi S. Wats. (TN Endangered)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: Gray's lily
  • Lilium michiganense Farw. (TN Threatened)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
    Common Name: Michigan lily
  • Lilium superbum L.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
    Common Name: turk's-cap lily

Medeola - [maps | photos]

Melanthium - [maps | photos]

  • Melanthium latifolium Desr. (TN Endangered)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
    Common Name: slender bunch-flower
    Synonyms:
             • Melanthium hybridum Walt.
             • Veratrum parviflorum Michx.
  • Melanthium virginicum L. (TN Endangered)
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: Virginia bunch-flower
    Synonyms:
             • Veratrum virginicum (L.) Ait.f.
  • Melanthium woodii (J.W. Robbins ex Wood) Bodkin (TN Endangered)
    Common Name: Wood's bunch-flower
    Synonyms:
             • Veratrum woodii J.W. Robbins ex Wood

Prosartes - [maps | photos]

             • Disporum lanuginosum (Michx.) Nichols.
             • Streptopus lanuginosus Michx.
             • Streptopus maculatus Buckley
             • Disporum maculatum (Buckley) Britton

Streptopus - [maps | photos]

  • Streptopus lanceolatus (Aiton) Reveal (TN Special Concern)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative
    Common Name: lanceleaf twisted stalk
    Synonyms:
             • Streptopus roseus Michx.

Zigadenus - [maps | photos]

  • Zigadenus densus (Desr.) Fern.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
    Common Name: Osceola's plume

*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee
All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.

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