Lily Flower Family. Most lily plants are grasses that begin as bulbs tubers or rhizomes and many have showy flowers ranging from pink-and-white stargazer lilies to bold tulips or hyacinth. They also have six stamens and three-parted pistil.
Liliaceae the lilies proper. Most lilies grow from a bulb which in some species develops into a rhizome which carries small bulbs. They have what appears at first to be six petals but it is in actuality three petals and three sepals that are identical in size and in color.
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