Asphodelaceae
Yellow daylily
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Genus
- Hemerocallis
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Common names
By language (18)
- Bulgarian
- Жълта дневна лилия
- Chinese
- 北黃花菜, 北黄花菜, 萱草嫩苗, 萱草根
- Czech
- Denivka žlutá
- English
- Yellow daylily, Lemon day-lily, Lemon-lily, Yellow day-lily
- Finnish
- Keltapäivänlilja
- French
- Hémérocalle jaune, Lis jaune
- German
- Gelbe Taglilie
- Hungarian
- Sárga sásliliom
- Japanese
- マンシュウキスゲ
- Kazakh
- Сарғыш сарана
- Lithuanian
- Geltonoji viendienė
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Gul daglilje
- Portuguese
- Hemerocalis flava
- Russian
- Лилейник жёлтый, Желтая лилия, Желтый лилейник, Жёлтая лилия, Жёлтый лилейник, Лилейник желтый
- Slovak
- Ľaliovka žltá
- Swedish
- Gul daglilja
- Thai
- ดอกไม้จีน
- Welsh
- Lili undydd
Synonyms
- Cameraria lilioasphodelus (L.) Boehm.
- Hemerocallis flava (L.) L.
- Hemerocallis flava var. aurantiaca A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov
- Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus f. aurantiaca (A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov) Kitag.
- Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus var. flavus L.
- Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus var. nana L.
- Hemerocallis lutea Gaertn.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 1,960 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Django_il_bastardo, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter Warren, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.