NAZ Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Liliaceae

Lily Family

Included on this page are some genera often placed within
Agavaceae or in Amaryllidaceae.  Recent DNA evidence provides support for dividing the traditional family into numerous smaller families, although I have left the old classification stand for the present.


Agave x arizonica.  ARIZONA AGAVE.  Succulent subshrub.  Probably originated as a hybrid between Agave chrysantha and A. toumeyana var. bella. Far southern Yavapai County, northern Gila County [ARPC].


Agave delamateri.  RICK'S AGAVE.  TONTO BASIN AGAVE.  Succulent subshrub.  Eastern Yavapai County, western Gila County; including Tonto Basin, Sierra Ancha, Mazatzal Mountains, Theodore Roosevelt Lake, and Verde River; at elevations 2350-5100 feet [ARPC].


Agave deserti.  DESERT AGAVE.  Succulent subshrub.  Reported in southern Mohave and western Yavapai, and on the north side of Grand Canyon in Coconino County, at 750-3500 feet [McD].


Agave murpheyi.  HOHOKAM AGAVE.  MURPHEY'S CENTURY PLANT.  Succulent subshrub.  Southern Yavapai County, western Gila County; 1350-2950 feet [ARPC].



Agave parryi.  PARRY'S AGAVE.  Succulent subshrub.  Found in Yavapai and Coconino counties, 4500-8000 feet [McD].  Grand Canyon: observed in upper Deer Creek, ca. 5000 feet (Coconino County) [PP&B].  Noted as low as 4400 feet elevation in Verde Valley east of Mingus Mountain, Yavapai County [LD].


Agave sp.  DEER CREEK AGAVE.  Succulent subshrub.  Undescribed entity known from only four sites within Grand Canyon National Park, associated with pre-Columbian archaeological features and perhaps cultivated by Native Americans; 2300-2900 feet [ARPC].



Agave utahensis.  UTAH AGAVE.  Succulent subshrub.  Found in Mohave and Coconino counties, 3000-7500 feet [McD].  Grand Canyon National Park, 1200-7200 feet (Mohave and Coconino counties) [PP&B].



Agave utahensis ssp. kaibabensis.  KAIBAB AGAVE.  Succulent subshrub.  Grand Canyon National Park: Granite Gorge from Colorado River Mile 75-120, Inner Gorge; reported also from Boysag Point, western North Rim (Mohave and Coconino counties) [PP&B].


Allium acuminatum.  TAPERTIP ONION.  Perennial.  Found in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, 2000-7000 feet [McD].


Allium atrorubens var. cristatum (=Allium nevadense var. cristatum).  DARKRED ONION.  Perennial.  Found in central and northern Mohave counties and northwestern Coconino counties, 4000-7000 feet [McD].


Allium bigelovii.  BIGELOW'S ONION.  Perennial.  Found in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino and Navajo counties, 1500-5000 feet [McD].


Allium bisceptrum var. palmeri (=Allium palmeri).  ASPEN ONION.  Perennial.  Found throughout region at 4000-10,000 feet [McD].


Allium cernuum.  NODDING ONION.  Perennial.  Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 5000-8500 feet [McD].


Allium geyeri.  GEYER'S ONION.  Perennial.  Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 5000-10,000 feet [McD, who also describes var. tenerum but does not definitely state that it has been found in the region].


Allium gooddingii.  GOODDING'S ONION.  Perennial.  White Mountains, Apache County, 9000-9500 feet [McD].  Chuska Mountains and White Mountains of Apache County; 7500-11,250 feet [ARPC].


Allium macropetalum.  LARGEFLOWER ONION.  Perennial.  Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 3500-7000 feet [McD].


Allium parishii.  PARISH'S ONION.  Perennial.  Collected in 1903 in extreme southwestern Mohave County in the Chemehuevi Valley [McD].


Androstephium breviflorum.  PINK FUNNEL LILY.  Perennial.  Reported from Mohave, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 4000-7000 feet [McD].


Asparagus officinalis.  GARDEN ASPARAGUS.  Perennial.  Found in Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, at 3700-5500 feet [McD].


Calochortus ambiguus.  DOUBTING MARIPOSA LILY.  Perennial.  Found in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 3000-8000 feet [McD].


Calochortus aureus (=Calochortus nuttalli var. aureus).  GOLDEN MARIPOSA LILY.  Perennial.  Described by McDougall without range given or even that it definitely occurs in the region [McD].


Calochortus flexuosus.  WINDING MARIPOSA LILY.  Perennial.  Found in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 1500-7000 feet [McD].


Calochortus gunnisonii.  GUNNISON'S MARIPOSA LILY.  Perennial.  Reported in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 6500-8000 feet [McD].


Calochortus kennedyi.  DESERT MARIPOSA LILY.  Perennial.  Found in Mohave and Yavapai counties at 5000 feet or lower [McD].


Calochortus nuttallii.  SEGO LILY.  Perennial.  Found throughout region at 4500-8000 feet [McD].



Dichelostemma capitatum (=Dichelostemma pulchellum; Brodiaea capitata).  BLUEDICKS.  Perennial.  Found in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, 5000 feet or lower [McD].  Northern Gila County at Mazatzal Rest Area, ca. 3200 feet [LD].


Disporum trachycarpum.  ROUGHFRUIT FAIRYBELLS.  Perennial.  Found in Coconino and Apache counties, 5400-9500 feet [McD].


Echeandia flavescens (=Anthericum torreyi).  TORREY'S CRAG-LILY.  Perennial.  Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 6000-10,000 feet [McD].


Eremocrinum albomarginatum.  LONELY LILY.  Perennial.  Reported from northern Navajo and Apache counties, at ca. 5000-5500 feet [McD].


Fritillaria atropurpurea.  SPOTTED FRITILLARY.  Perennial.  Found in Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 5400-8500 feet [McD].



Hesperocallis undulata.  DESERT LILY.  Perennial.  Found in Mohave County below 2500 feet [McD].


Hesperoyucca whipplei (=Yucca whipplei).  OUR-LORDS-CANDLE.  CHAPARRAL YUCCA.  Shrub or subshrub.  Found along the southern bank of the Colorado River in Mohave County, at 1000-2000 feet [McD].  Grand Canyon: Inner Canyon from Colorado River Mile 132 downstream, 1500-4000 feet (Mohave and Coconino counties) [PP&B, Y. w.].


Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule (=Smilacina racemosa var. amplexicaulis).  LARGE FALSE SOLOMON'S-SEAL.  FALSE SPIKENARD.  SOLOMON'S-PLUME.  FEATHERY FALSE LILY OF THE VALLEY.  Perennial.  Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 5600-10,000 feet [McD, who also indicates that the typical species may be found in the region; this, however, is contradicted by USDA PLANTS which shows the typical species as mostly eastern].



Maianthemum stellatum (=Smilacina stellata).  LITTLE FALSE SOLOMON'S-SEAL.  STARFLOWER SOLOMON'S-SEAL.  STARRY FALSE LILY OF THE VALLEY.  Perennial.  Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 5400-10,000 feet [McD].



Nolina bigelovii.  BIGELOW'S NOLINA.  Shrub.  Found in Mohave and western Yavapai counties, and in Grand Canyon in Coconino County [McD].



Nolina microcarpa.  SACAHUISTA.  Shrub or subshrub.  Found in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, 3000-6500 feet [McD].  At 6700 feet in Hualapai Mountain Park, Mohave County [LD].  Grand Canyon National Park, 1400-5000 feet (Mohave and Coconino counties) [PP&B].


Nolina parryi.  PARRY'S BEARGRASS.  Shrub.  Reported in Mohave and Coconino counties [McD].  Grand Canyon: Colorado River Mile 136.7 (Coconino County); possibly at Toroweap (Mohave County) [PP&B].


Nothoscordum texanum.  TEXAS FALSE GARLIC.  Perennial.  Found in Yavapai County, at 4000-6500 feet [McD].


Polygonatum cobrense.  MCKITTRICK'S SOLOMON'S SEAL.  Perennial.  Found in southern Navajo County, 5600-7000 feet [McD].


Streptopus amplexifolius.  CLASPLEAF TWISTEDSTALK.  Perennial.  Reported from the White Mountains in Apache County at 10,000-11,000 feet [McD, misspelling the specific name "amplexicaulis"].


Triteleia lemmoniae.  OAK CREEK TRITELEIA.  Perennial.  Found in Coconino and Apache counties, 5000-7500 feet [McD].


Veratrum californicum.  CORN-LILY.  CALIFORNIA FALSE HELLEBORE.  Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 7500-9000 feet [McD].


Yucca angustissima.  NARROWLEAF YUCCA.  Shrub.  Found throughout region, at 3000-7500 feet [McD].  Grand Canyon: Grandview and Rowes Well area, South Rim; common, especially from Havasu Canyon to Badger Rapids, Inner Canyon, 1800-7400 feet (Coconino County).  Reference notes that some of these specimens may actually be Yucca elata var. utahensis (= Y. e.) [PP&B].



Yucca baccata.  BANANA YUCCA.  Subshrub.  Found throughout region at 3000-8000 feet [McD].  Grand Canyon National Park, 1700-7200 feet (Mohave and Coconino counties) [PP&B].


Yucca baileyi.  NAVAJO YUCCA.  Shrub.  Similar distribution as Yucca angustissima [McD].



Yucca brevifolia.  JOSHUA TREE.  Tree.  Found in Mohave and southwestern Yavapai counties, up to about 3500 feet [McD].  Grand Canyon National Park: at the top of Grand Wash Cliffs in the extreme southwest part of the park, 4500-5100 feet (Mohave County) [PP&B].



Yucca elata.  SOAPTREE.  SOAPTREE YUCCA.  Shrub or tree.  Found in Yavapai County at 2500-6000 feet [McD, may include Y. elata var. verdiensis].  Grand Canyon National Park, Hermit Trail ca. 3360 feet [LD].



Yucca elata var. verdiensis.  VERDE VALLEY SOAPTREE YUCCA.  Shrub or tree.  Central Arizona (per range map) at 1000-6200 feet [FNA-26].



Yucca schidigera.  MOJAVE YUCCA.  MOHAVE YUCCA.  Shrub.  Western Mohave County up to about 3500 feet [McD].


Yucca utahensis (= Yucca elata var. utahensis).  Shrub or subshrub.  According to range maps, in northwestern Arizona [FNA-26].  May be in Grand Canyon in the Inner Gorge, misidentified as Yucca angustissimma [PP&B, Y. e. var. u.].

Zephyranthes longifolia.  COPPER ZEPHYRLILY.  Perennial.  Found near Clarkdale, Yavapai County, at ca. 3500 feet [McD].


Zigadenus elegans.  MOUNTAIN DEATH CAMAS.  Perennial.  Found in Coconino and Apache counties, 5000-10,000 feet [McD].


Zigadenus paniculatus.  FOOTHILL DEATH CAMAS.  Perennial.  Reported in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 5500-7500 feet [McD].


Zigadenus virescens.  GREEN DEATH CAMAS.  Perennial.  Reported from the White Mountains in Apache County [McD].


This page last revised 28 May 2011.


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