Asparagaceae
Common starlily
Leucocrinum montanum
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Leucocrinum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Common starlily, Mountain star-lily, Sand lily, Mountain-lily, Sand-lily, Star-lily
Synonyms
- Leucocrinum montanum var. fibrosum E.H.Kelso
- Leucocrinum montanum var. majus Baker
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Cecelia Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jared Shorma https://www.inaturalist.org/people/blazeclaw, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Christine Rudman https://www.inaturalist.org/people/christinerudman, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anders Hastings https://www.inaturalist.org/people/andershastings, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anders Hastings https://www.inaturalist.org/people/andershastings, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.