Species in the class Liliopsida Results 1 - 20
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Chilean wine palm (Jubaea chilensis)
Although described somewhat disdainfully by Charles Darwin as a “very ugly tree”, many consider the Chilean wine palm to be one of...  More  6 Images  0 Videos
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Darwin’s orchid (Angraecum sesquipedale)
Darwin’s orchid is not only spectacular in appearance but also the subject of probably the most famous story on pollination in orc...  More  10 Images  1 Video
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African lily (Agapanthus africanus)
Information on the African lily is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  5 Images  0 Videos
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Andean wax palm (Ceroxylon alpinum)
Information on the Andean wax palm is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  2 Images  0 Videos
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Baboon-root (Babiana purpurea)
Information on the baboon-root is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  3 Images  0 Videos
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Aristea (Aristea teretifolia)
Information on Aristea teretifolia is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  2 Images  0 Videos
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Aloe (Aloe juddii)
Information on Aloe juddii is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  1 Image  0 Videos
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Aloe (Aloe brevifolia)
Information on Aloe brevifolia is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  2 Images  0 Videos
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Baboon-root (Babiana montana)
Information on Babiana montana is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  1 Image  0 Videos
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Branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum)
Branched bur-reed is an aquatic emergent plant that grows rooted in the mud at the margins of waterbodies. The narrow, smooth and ...  More  7 Images  1 Video
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Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
The bluebell, popularly thought of as Britain's national flower, is a bulbous spring flowering plant. When growing en masse in woo...  More  7 Images  4 Videos
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Bulrush (Typha latifolia)
The bulrush was termed 'reedmace' by botanists until the 1970s, but the common English name 'bulrush’'has since been accepted. Thi...  More  7 Images  2 Videos
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Common reed (Phragmites australis)
This common reed forms large beds in shallow water; it has round, hollow stems, which typically grow to 2m in height, but may reac...  More  4 Images  4 Videos
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Bog asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum)
Bog asphodel produces bright yellow star-like flowers on leafless stems. On the damp heaths and peatbogs in which it is found, thi...  More  8 Images  0 Videos
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Brown galingale (Cyperus fuscus)
Brown galingale is a small tufted sedge, with three-angled stems that bear narrow, dull grey-green leaves. The flowers are tiny an...  More  9 Images  0 Videos
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Cut-grass (Leersia oryzoides)
Cut-grass is a creeping perennial with flat, pale yellowish-green leaves that have rough edges. Its inflorescence is usually enclo...  More  3 Images  0 Videos
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Common duckweed (Lemna gibba)
This duckweed is one of Britain's most common small water plants, which forms familiar green mats covering stagnant water bodies. ...  More  6 Images  0 Videos
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Common water-plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica)
Common water-plantain is a stout aquatic herb with oval-shaped leaves, which may be rounded or heart-shaped at the base. The pale ...  More  6 Images  0 Videos
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Bentgrass (Agrostis trachychlaena)
Agrostis trachychlaena is a small, creeping grass that grows in loose clumps or tufts, and spreads by putting out horizontal stems...  More  6 Images  0 Videos
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Barbel palm (Acanthophoenix rubra)
A large, attractive palm species, younger specimens of the barbel palm can be distinguished by the striking, red leaf sheaves bear...  More  5 Images  0 Videos
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