Liliaceae  (Lily Family)

Characteristics: 
*six parted perianth generally
*in  many  species the segments are colored and  shaped 
alike,  where in others,  there are two rings of three segments, each 
ring being different
*flowers are all color with blue being rare
*six stamens, one pistil
*stigma  generally three-lobed,  or  three separate stigmas on  a 
thre-branched style
*ovary is superior
*fruits generally three-chambered pods or berries
 
Family: Liliaceae

     Genera and Species:

          Genus: Erythronium  (Dogtooth-violet)
                 E. americanum (yellow dogtooth-violet)
                 E. albidum (white dogtooth-violet)                     
          Genus: Uvularia (Bellworts)
                 U. perfoliata 
                 U. grandiflora
                 U. sessilifolia    
          Genus: Trillium (trillium or wake-robins)
                 T. undulatum (painted trillium)
                 T. nivale (dwarf white trillium) 
                 T. erectum (purple trillium)
                 T. grandiflorum (large-flowered trillium
                 T. cernuum (nodding trillium)
                 T. flexipes
                 T. sessile
                 T. recurvatum             
          Genus: Allium (Onion)
                 A. canadense (wild garlic)
                 A. cernuum (wild onion)
                 A. stellatum 
                 A. tricoccum
          Genus: Nothoscordum (False Garlic)
                 N. bivalve   
          Genus: Medeola (Indian cucumber-root)
                 M. virginiana   
          Genus: Lilium (lilies)
                 L. philadelphicum (wood lily)
                 L. canadense (Canada or meadow lily)
                 L. superbum (Turk's-cap lily) 
                 L. tigrinum (common garden tiger lily)
          Genus: Clintonia (clintonia)
                 C. borealis (bluebead or corn-lily)
                 C. umbellulata
          Genus: Polygonatum (Solomon's-seal) 
                 P. canaliculatum
          Genus: Streptopus (twisted-stalk)
                 S. amplexifolius
                 S. roseus
          Genus: Smilacina (false Solomon's-seal)
                 S. racemosa
                 S. stellata
                 S. trifolia 
          Genus: Maianthemum (wild lily-of-the-valley)
                 M. canadense   
          Genus: Ornithogalum (star-of-Bethlehem)
                 O. umbellatum
          Genus: Camassia (wild hyacinth)
                 C. scilloides
          Genus: Zygadenus (camas)
                 Z. glaucus
                 Z. elegans
 
          Genus: Melanthium (bunchflower)
                 M. virginicum
          Genus: Veratrum (Indian poke or false hellebore)
                 V. viride
          Genus: Chamaelirium (fairy-wand or devil's-bit)
                 C. luteum    
          Genus: Stenanthium (featherbells)
                 S. gramineum
          Genus: Hemerocallis (day-lilies)
                 H. fulva
                 H. flava   
          Genus: Smilax (catbriers, greenbriers and carrion-flower
                 S. rotundifolia (greenbrier or horsebrier)
                 S. glauca (sawbrier or wild sarsaparilla)
                 S. hispida
                 S. herbacea (carrion-flower)
                 S. pulverulenta
                 S. ecirrhata