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The species epithet reflects the flower formation as an umbel. [16] The plant's many common names include garden star-of-Bethlehem, [17] sleepydick, [18] nap-at-noon, [7] grass lily, summer snowflake, snowdrop, starflower, bird's milk, chinkerichee, ten-o'clock lady, eleven-o'clock lady, Bath asparagus, and star of Hungary. The references to ...
The fragrant flower has six white tepals atop a narrow tube 2–3 cm long. The tube extends deep underground with the large angular black seeds are formed there. [ 7 ] The species is dimorphic in its pollen production, with two distinct pollen forms occurring in separate populations.
Fleur-de-lis is the stylized depiction of the lily flower. The name itself derives from ancient Greek λείριον > Latin lilium > French lis.. The lily has always been the symbol of fertility and purity, and in Christianity it symbolizes the Immaculate Conception.
Lysimachia borealis is found from Canada to north-central and eastern United States, primarily in boreal forest in Canada and in northern conifer-hardwood forests in the United States. [8] It is found in temperate climates. [12] The species is one of the ten most common herbaceous-layer native plants in eastern deciduous U.S. National Park forests.
Lilium candidum, the Madonna lily [2] [3] or white lily, [4] is a plant in the true lily family. It is native to the Balkans and Middle East, and naturalized in other parts of Europe, including France, Italy, and Ukraine, and in North Africa, the Canary Islands , Mexico, and other regions.
Maianthemum stellatum (star-flowered, starry, or little false Solomon's seal, or simply false Solomon's seal; star-flowered lily-of-the-valley [3] or starry false lily of the valley; [4] syn. Smilacina stellata) is a species of flowering plant, native across North America.
Toxicoscordion fremontii, known as the common star lily or Frémont's deathcamas (after John C. Frémont) [3] or star zigadene, is an attractive wildflower found on grassy or woody slopes, or rocky outcrops, in many lower-lying regions of California, southwestern Oregon, and northern Baja California.
A non-flowering shoot bears one smooth, waxy, shiny leaf up to 10 centimeters long and 5 to 8 cm broad, hence its scientific name (dilatatum means 'broad'). The leaf is oval in shape with a heart-shaped base. The inflorescence is an erect raceme with star-shaped white flowers. They each have four tepals and four stamens.