Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Asphodelaceae Juss.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hemerocallis L., Sp. Pl. 324 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
Day lily
 Description

Rhizomatous perennials. Leaves all basal, sessile, distichous, linear, keeled. Scape tall, usually branched. Flowers large, yellow or reddish, in terminal corymbs; each flower shortly pedicellate, bract 1; perianth united below, funnel-shaped above with spreading or recurved lobes > tube. Capsule leathery, loculicidal, 3-angled.

[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Hemerocallis L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Exotic: Casual1
Total2
 Bibliography
Hobbs, J.; Hatch, T. 1994: Bulbs for New Zealand Gardens. Godwit Press, Auckland.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Mabberley, D.J. 2017: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 4. Cambridge University Press.