PLANTS Profile for Hesperocallis undulata (desert lily)

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PLANTS Profile

Hesperocallis undulata A. Gray
desert lily

Symbol:

HEUN2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Hesperocallis undulata A. Gray

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Distribution:
Hesperocallis undulata A. Gray


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USA (AZ, CA, NV)

Related Taxa:
Hesperocallis undulata A. Gray

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 1 species in Hesperocallis

Classification:
Hesperocallis undulata A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Hesperocallis A. Gray – desert lily
Species	Hesperocallis undulata A. Gray – desert lily

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Hesperocallis undulata A. Gray

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Ajo lily		Salvage restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Hesperocallis undulata A. Gray

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42949.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 09:09 AM MDT