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Asparagus

Botanical name: Asparagaceae

Asparagus
Botanical name: Asparagaceae

Species of Asparagus

Pseudogaltonia

Funnel lily

Eustrephus

Pseudomuscari

Speirantha

Speirantha is a genus of one known species of flowering plants found in south-east China.

Semele

Semele is a genus of flowering plants native to the Canary Islands and Madeira. Three species are recognized.

Hedgehog lily

Hedgehog lily is a genus of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae subfamily Scilloideae. It is native to southern Africa. Hedgehog lily grows from underground bulbs whose outer tunic is pale brown and papery or leathery. Two relatively broad leaves appear at the same time as the flowers spreading out on either side sometimes lying flat on the ground. Individual flowers are pale in colour white or with green yellow or pink tones. They are bell-shaped or somewhat tubular with the tepals joined at the base forming a short or long tube. The seeds are dull black. As of spring 2018 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognized 25 species.

Disporopsis

Disporopsis is native to China, Indochina and the Philippines.

Peliosanthes

Peliosanthes is a genus of flowering plants found in eastern Asia.

Rock lily

Sand Lily

Sand Lily are native to sagebrush grasslands and deserts of western North America. They are known for their distinctive white and yellow flowers. They are interesting to botanists because they're thought to be unlike any other plant and are still rather unstudied.

Prospero

Prospero is a genus of bulbous flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae (also treated as the family Hyacinthaceae). It is distributed in Europe, around the Mediterranean, and through the Middle East to the Caucasus. The leaves are relatively narrow. Each bulb produces one to four flowering stems (scapes) bearing dense racemes of pink to violet flowers. The dark brown seeds are more-or-less oblong.

Fringe-lily

Fringe-lily is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. They are mostly native to Australia with 45 of the 50 known species occurring in Western Australia alone, although a few species range northward into New Guinea and Southeast Asia as far north as southern China.

Bloomeria

Bloomeria , a geophyte in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae. Bloomeria consists of three species native to California and Baja California.

Barnardia

Barnardia is a small genus of bulbous flowering plants. Plants of barnardia grow from bulbs. The flowers appear in the autumn and are borne in a dense raceme containing small narrow bracts. Individual flowers are star-shaped, small, and with pink or more rarely white tepals. The elongated seeds are dark brown in colour. The genus has two species, one found in the Balearic Islands and north-west Africa, the other in East Asia.
Cluster-lilies

Cluster-lilies

Cluster-liliess are a genus of flowering plants, many of which are grown ornamentally for their bright and abundant lily-like flowers. These flowers are highly aromatic and are often used in cut flower arrangements. They have a comparatively low stature and are deer-resistant.

Dipcadi

It is widely distributed occurring in southern Europe most of Africa and the Middle East through to the Indian subcontinent. Species of dipcadi grow from small bulbs. The solitary flower stem (scape) bears a loose raceme of green or brown flowers sometimes with different colours at the tips of the three inner tepals. The black seeds are in the shape of a disc or a flattened globe. As of spring 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognized 41 species and one hybrid.

Hyacinthoides

Hyacinthoides are popular garden plants with bell-shaped flowers that predominantly come in shades of blue or lavender. They grow wild in woodland areas, where they make attractive groundcover. Many genera take on the name 'bluebell,' which can cause some confusion. The plants of this genus differ from others by having two bracts at the base of each of their flowers instead of one or none. The logo for the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland includes a plant from this genus.

Tupistra

Tupistra is a genus of flowering plants found in south Asia, from southern China to Sumatra and Ambon Island. As of August 2013, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) recognized 21 species.

Veld lily

Veld lily is a genus of perennial plants native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It has 2 species.

Mexican star

Mexican star is a genus of monocotyledonous plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae. Mexican star contains ten accepted species. They are native mostly to Mexico, with one species extending into Guatemala, Honduras, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico.
Agaves

Agaves

Agaves are ornamental plants that require very little water and survive well in hot, dry climates. The leaves of the plants form small rosettes that produce long stalks of flowers. They are slow-growing plants that can take years to bloom but die as soon as blooming occurs. However, most agaves produce sucker plants that grow along the base of the host plant and these new plants will continue to grow and survive.

Asparagus

Asparagus comprise a diverse genus of evergreen plants that can grow as lianas, bushes, or climbing plants. They are found in a wide variety of habitats, from rainforest to semi-desert regions. All asparagus species vary in their appearance, which is dependent on their native habitat. Some species are grown as vegetables, and others are grown as ornamentals.

Snake plants

Snake plants comprise a genus of evergreen plants with basal leaves with distinctive snake-like shapes, coloring, and markings. The leaves feature a sharp tip, giving these plants the nickname "mother-in-law's tongue." They can survive outdoors in warm climates but also make low-maintenance houseplants. Healthy varieties will produce tiny green flowers in spring.

Aspidistra

Aspidistra are forest understory plants that grow in the shade of trees and shrubs in East and Southeast Asia. Interestingly, their leaves and flowers protrude directly from the ground. Some representatives can be grown in the gardens as shade-tolerant plants, or kept indoors as houseplants appreciated for its foliage.

Grape hyacinths

Grape hyacinths grow from a bulb and reproduce rapidly. These plants produce spikes of dense, grape-shaped flowers that provide vivid color for most of the spring blooming season. Their musk-like fragrance, colorful blossoms, and little maintenance requirements make them popular plants for gardeners and plant enthusiasts.

Solomon's seal

The term, Polygonatum, the scientific name for solomon's seal, comes from the ancient Greek term for “many knees,” referring to the joints in the roots. It is not entirely clear where the nickname “solomon's seal” originated from—one hypothesis is that the roots have depressions in them that resemble royal seals, and royalty relates to the Biblical king Solomon; another is that the chopped roots resemble Hebrew characters, and Solomon is an important figure in Hebrew religion.

Bowiea

Bowiea genus contains only one species: Bowiea volubilis, sometimes called the climbing onion. An odd-looking plant, this succulent perennial has a large, onion-like bulb that grows half-buried in the ground. It goes dormant during winter and develops new twining stems. It is often grown as an ornamental plant. In nature, bowiea grow in desert areas of eastern and southern Africa.

Pineapple lilies

Pineapple lilies are herbaceous flowering plants with erect flowerheads and modified leaflets on the top, making them superficially similar to pineapples. They are native to southern Africa, but prefer more humid habitats and are absent from drier regions. Due to their decorative looks both during blooming and during seeding, many pineapple lilies are popular in gardening and landscaping.
Hostas

Hostas

Hostas are native to East Asia and are cultivated around the world because of their attractive foliage and white, blue, or lilac flowers. The nickname "hostas" comes from the plants' resemblance to plantain weeds, which have similarly broad leaves.
Yuccas

Yuccas

All yuccas have sharp, sword-shaped leaves that grow from rosette-like centers. As slow-growing plants, they require minimal maintenance and are drought resistant. They need full sun and will grow in areas that may be too bright for tender perennials. As the sole hosts for the aptly-named yucca moths, flowers from yuccas produce a unique fragrance that attracts the moths, which in turn are the only pollinators for their hosts.

Cordylines

Cordylines are evergreen, ornamental plants named for their large underground stems. Their long attractive leaves grow in a rosette shape. Flowers bloom from a long stem that extends from the center of the leaves. Propagation is easy with reproduction by seed or by replanting the sucker plants that form at the base. These species make great options for gardens, greenhouses, or houseplants.

Schizocarphus

Eremocrinum

Sowerbaea

Woolseeds

Hyacinthella

Rush-lily

Behnia

Fusifilum

Beschorneria

Whiteheadia

Rushlily

Bessera

Sotols

Sotols are a small genus containing only a few species that thrive in Mexico and the southwestern United States. This genus of evergreen succulents form large rosettes of attractive pointed greenish-blue leaves that makes them popular additions to desert gardens and as landscaping plants. These plants rarely flower, only once every few years.

Snakelily

The genus is native to the North America, especially in northern California. These plants grow from perennial corms that produce a raceme or umbel-like inflorescence. The flowers are bell- or tube-shaped and produce capsules with black seeds.

Hesperocallis

Hesperocallis is a genus of flowering plants that includes a single species. It is found in the desert areas of southwestern North America, in Northwestern Mexico, California, and Arizona.

Camas

Camasare perennial plants with basal linear leaves. They grow to a height of 30 to 127 cm with a multi-flowered stem rising above the main plant in summer. The six-petaled flowers vary in color from pale lilac or white to deep purple or blue-violet. The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognizes six species as of spring 2015. Camas is native to western North America.

Anthericum

Anthericum is a genus of rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. The species have rhizomatous or tuberous roots, long narrow leaves and branched stems carrying starry white flowers. This genus includes about 65 species. The members of this genus occur mainly in the tropics and southern Africa and Madagascar, but are also represented in Europe.

Bellevalia

The approximately 65 species are found from the Mediterranean. Bellevalia species are perennial herbaceous plants. As geophytes, they form bulbs with a membranous sheath ("tunic"). The simple, parallel-veined leaves are basal. Grape-like inflorescences grow terminally on smooth cylindrical flower stems. The numerous flowers are located in the axils of small, membranous bracts. The fruit capsule is triangular in cross section with winged edges. The seeds are more or less spherical, rarely elongated and glossy.

Muilla

The genus muilla includes three to four species of flowering plants. Muilla species are native to southwestern North America.

Matt rushes

Drimiopsis

Triteleia

Triteleia is a genus of monocotyledon flowering plants. Species are native to western North America, from British Columbia south to California, with one species in northwestern Mexico. They are perennial plants growing from a fibrous corm, roughly spherical in shape. They get their name from the fact that all parts of their flowers come in threes. About 16 species are currently recognised in triteleia.

Rohdea

Rohdea is a genus of native to eastern Asia. It was long thought to contain only a single species.

Squills

Squills is a genus of about 86 bulb-forming perennial herbs , native to woodlands, subalpine meadows, and seashores throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle-East.Their flowers are usually blue, but white, pink, and purple types are known. A few species are also naturalized in Australia, New Zealand and North America.

Anemarrhena

Anemarrhena has only one species and native to China, Korea, and Mongolia.
Craglily

Craglily

Craglily are a genus of herbaceous perennials with corms and large roots that double as nutrient and water storage. These drought-tolerant plants have been used as ornamentals for their attractive flowers. The genus name Echeandia honors the Spanish Botanist Pedro Gregorio Echeandia. Species of the genus may be easily confused with Yuccas or Stargrasses.

Puschkinia

Puschkinia is a genus of three known species of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. It is native to the Caucasus and the Middle East. The leaves are green, strap-like, and grow in pairs. The flowers are borne in early spring in racemes. Seeds are borne in three-parted capsules.

Grape hyacinths

Species of the grape hyacinths genus produce attractive bell-shaped flowers upon an erect, tall stem. The flowers at the top of the stem are sterile, with those sitting below deemed fertile. Grape hyacinths will flourish in sunny, warm areas. Some species are considered severely endangered in their native areas.

Merwilla

Merwilla is a genus of bulbous flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. It is distributed in southern Africa. Species of merwilla grow from relatively large bulbs, the upper part of which is usually above ground. The bulbs have light yellow to gray tunics. Plants have broad leaves. The flowers are borne in a raceme. Each flower has six blue tepals, forming a star shape. The oblong seeds are brownish when dry, paler when fresh.

Aphyllanthes

Aphyllanthes includes only one species endemic to the western Mediterranean region. Their large and bright flowers are an attractive trait.

Dichopogon

Paradise lily

Paradise lily is distributed in Europe. Paradise lily contains two species of herbaceous perennials.

furcraea

Furcraea have a typical agave look, with long, pointed, bluish-green leaves arranged in a rosette, and a central inflorescence on a tall stalk. When they finish flowering, furcraea die as part of their normal lifecycle. Adapted to arid growing conditions and able to store large amounts of water, these succulents are common in xeriscaping and rock gardens. They are also used for making a natural tiber locally called fique or cabuyo.

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