Asphodelaceae
Small daylily
Hemerocallis minor
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Genus
- Hemerocallis
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- زنبق النهار الأصغر
- Azerbaijani
- Kiçik günotu
- Chinese
- 小黃花菜, 小黄花菜, 小黄花菜（小萱草）, 红萱, 萱草嫩苗, 萱草根, 黄花菜, 小萱草
- Czech
- Denivka menší
- English
- Small daylily, Dwarf yellow day lily, Dwarf daylily, Grassleaf lily
- Japanese
- ホソバキスゲ
- Swedish
- Liten daglilja
Synonyms
- Hemerocallis flava var. minor (Mill.) M.Hotta
- Hemerocallis graminea Andrews
- Hemerocallis graminifolia Schltdl.
- Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus subsp. minor (Mill.) Z.T.Xiong
- Hemerocallis pumila Salisb.
- Hemerocallis sulphurea Nakai
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Louise Wolff -- darina 23:53, 6 May 2005, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Артём Полоз, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Small daylily: 小黃花菜 Hemerocallis minor [比利時國家植物園 Belgium National Botanic Garden]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/%E5%B0%8F%E9%BB%83%E8%8A%B1%E8%8F%9C_Hemerocallis_minor_-%E6%AF%94%E5%88%A9%E6%99%82%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%B6%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Belgium_National_Botanic_Garden-_%289213307369%29.jpg/500px-%E5%B0%8F%E9%BB%83%E8%8A%B1%E8%8F%9C_Hemerocallis_minor_-%E6%AF%94%E5%88%A9%E6%99%82%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%B6%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Belgium_National_Botanic_Garden-_%289213307369%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Small daylily: 小黃花菜 Hemerocallis minor [比利時國家植物園 Belgium National Botanic Garden]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/%E5%B0%8F%E9%BB%83%E8%8A%B1%E8%8F%9C_Hemerocallis_minor_-%E6%AF%94%E5%88%A9%E6%99%82%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%B6%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Belgium_National_Botanic_Garden-_%289213307369%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%B0%8F%E9%BB%83%E8%8A%B1%E8%8F%9C_Hemerocallis_minor_-%E6%AF%94%E5%88%A9%E6%99%82%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%B6%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Belgium_National_Botanic_Garden-_%289213307369%29.jpg)
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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.