Perennial herbs growning from bulbs, corms, or rootstoks. The leaves are parallel-veined (with a few exceptions). The flowers have 3 sepals and 3 petals and 6 stamens in 2 whorls. The fruit is a capsule or a berry.
A number of botanists now divide the Lily family into a number of
smaller more homogeneous families. Those in Manitoba include:
Asparagaceae (Asparagus)
Smilacaceae (Smilax)
Convallariaceae (Polygonatum, Maianthemum)
Trilliaceae (Trillium)
Alliaceae (Allium)
Liliaceae (Lilium)
Melianthiaceae (Zigadenus, Tofieldia))
Uvulariaceae (Clintonia, Disporum, Streptopus, Uvularia)
Genera found in Manitoba:
Allium Asparagus Clintonia Disporum Lilium Maianthemum Polygonatum Smilacina Smilax Streptopus Tofieldia Trillium Uvularia Zigadenus