

Many types of lilies are also toxic for dogs and humans. The entire lily plant is toxic: the stem, leaves, flowers, pollen, and even the water in a vase. Lily of the valley is also not a true lily as it’s a member of the genus Convallaria.Īccording to the FDA, lilies in the genus Lilium as well as daylilies are poisonous to cats. For example, daylily is not a true lily as it’s a member of the genus Hemerocallis. Many plants have “lily” in their common name but they are not true lilies as they are not in the genus Lilium. The most popular kinds of lilies are hybrids in the Oriental, Asiatic, and Trumpet lily divisions. There are about 100 species of lilies in the genus Lilium. The yellow water lily has submerged leaves that are thin and translucent and leathery floating leaves.The shape of lily flower can be trumpet-like facing upwards (left), or curved outside and facing downwards (right) About Lilies The genus Nuphar, with about 10 species distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, includes the common yellow water lily, also called cow lily or spatterdock ( Nuphar advena), of eastern North America. With leaves up to 3 metres (about 10 feet) across, it is the largest of the giant water lilies. boliviana, was discovered in 2022 from live and herbarium specimens at Kew Gardens in London and the National Herbarium of Bolivia. They open white toward evening and shade to pink or reddish two days later before they wither, to be replaced by a large berrylike fruit. The fragrant flowers of these species have 50 or more petals and are 18 to 46 cm (about 7 to 18 inches) wide. cruziana) have upturned edges, giving each thickly veined leaf the appearance of a large shallow pan 60 to 180 cm (about 2 to 6 feet) across and accounting for its common name, water platter. amazonica, formerly Victoria regia) and the Santa Cruz water lily ( V. The leaf margins of the Amazon, or royal, water lily ( V. The taxonomy of the giant water lilies has been contentious, with the group sometimes placed in the genus Nymphaea. The largest water lilies are those of tropical South America, the three species of the genus Victoria.

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