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Beneficial members: 1: onion, shallot, garlic, and chives 2: colchicine and red squill 3: day lily, tulip, and solomon’s seal. Characteristics of Liliaceae : Leaves: 1:often long and thin with parallel veins
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Beneficial members: 1: onion, shallot, garlic, and chives 2: colchicine and red squill 3: day lily, tulip, and solomon’s seal Characteristics of Liliaceae: Leaves: 1:often long and thin with parallel veins Flowers: often borne in racemes, 2:they usually have sex petals which may be joined. 3:Nearly always 6 stamens. 4:Seeds: the ovary has 3 chambers. 5:Seeds are arranged in two rows in each chamber. Poisonous members: 1: stagger-grass 2: lily of the valley 3: star of bethlehem 4: death camas Liliaceae Family Members of the family tend to have: 1: bulbes 2: long, thin leaves 3: 6 petals 4: 6 stamens The liliaceae: are monocotyledons which means they have only one see leaf. Liliaceae are mostly perennial herbs from starchy rhizomes, corms, or bulbs compromising 280 genera and 4,000 species. References: Liliaceae - Lily Family #33CD5C Liliaceae - Lily Family.webloc Liliaceae (lily family).webloc LILIACEAE.webloc