Liliales: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	lily order

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Close-up of a blooming Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum) with white petals and yellow-orange stamens, surrounded by green stems and additional lilies in the background.

lily of the Incas

Lilium umbellatum.

Purple trillium (Trillium recurvatum).

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Colchicaceae Alstroemeriaceae Smilacaceae Iridaceae Amaryllidaceae Liliaceae false Solomon’s seal cast-iron plant tulip lily Asparagales Alismatales Pandanales Dioscoreales Acorales rush grass skunk cabbage

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous

trees deciduous and coniferous. trees grow on a bank of a forest in springtime in Alberta, British Columbia, Canada. logging, forestry, wood, lumber, wilderness

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