title: List of monocotyledons of Great Britain and Ireland
text: # List of monocotyledons of Great Britain and Ireland
  
  This page's list covers the monocotyledon plants found in Great Britain and Ireland. This clade includes grasses, lilies, orchids, irises and a wide variety of aquatic plants.
  
  Status key: * indicates an introduced species and e indicates an extinct species.
  
  ## Order Alismatales (alismatids)
  
  ### Family Butomaceae (flowering-rushes)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Flowering rush | Butomus umbellatus | |
  
  ### Family Alismataceae (water-plantains)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Arrowhead | Sagittaria sagittifolia | |
  | Duck-potato | Sagittaria latifolia | * |
  | Canadian arrowhead | Sagittaria rigida | * |
  | Narrow-leaved arrowhead | Sagittaria subulata | * |
  | Lesser water-plantain | Baldellia ranunculoides | |
  | Floating water-plantain | Luronium natans | |
  | Water-plantain | Alisma plantago-aquatica | |
  | Narrow-leaved water-plantain | Alisma lanceolatum | |
  | Ribbon-leaved water-plantain | Alisma gramineum | |
  | Starfruit | Damasonium alisma | |
  | Frogbit | Hydrocharis morsus-ranae | |
  
  ### Family Hydrocharitaceae (tape-grasses)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Water-soldier | Stratiotes aloides | |
  | Large-flowered waterweed | Egeria densa | * |
  | Canadian waterweed | Elodea canadensis | * |
  | Nuttall's waterweed | Elodea nuttallii | * |
  | South American waterweed | Elodea callitrichoides | * |
  | Esthwaite waterweed | Hydrilla verticillata | * |
  | Curly waterweed | Lagarosiphon major | * |
  | Tapegrass | Vallisneria spiralis | * |
  | Slender naiad | Najas flexilis | |
  | Holly-leaved naiad | Najas marina | |
  
  ### Family Aponogetonaceae (Cape-pondweeds)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Cape-pondweed | Aponogeton distachyos | * |
  
  ### Family Scheuchzeriaceae (Rannoch-rush, pod grass)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Rannoch-rush | Scheuchzeria palustris | |
  
  ### Family Juncaginaceae (arrowgrasses)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Marsh arrowgrass | Triglochin palustris | |
  | Sea arrowgrass | Triglochin maritimum | |
  
  ### Family Potamogetonaceae (pondweeds)
  
  | English name | Scientific name |
  | - | - |
  | Opposite-leaved pondweed | Groenlandia densa |
  | Broad-leaved pondweed | Potamogeton natans |
  | Bog pondweed | Potamogeton polygonifolius |
  | Fen pondweed | Potamogeton coloratus |
  | Loddon pondweed | Potamogeton nodosus |
  | Shining pondweed | Potamogeton lucens |
  | Various-leaved pondweed | Potamogeton gramineus |
  | Red pondweed | Potamogeton alpinus |
  | Long-stalked pondweed | Potamogeton praelongus |
  | Perfoliate pondweed | Potamogeton perfoliatus |
  | American pondweed | Potamogeton epihydrus |
  | Flat-stalked pondweed | Potamogeton friesii |
  | Shetland pondweed | Potamogeton rutilus |
  | Lesser pondweed | Potamogeton pusillus |
  | Blunt-leaved pondweed | Potamogeton obtusifolius |
  | Small pondweed | Potamogeton berchtoldii |
  | Hairlike pondweed | Potamogeton trichoides |
  | Grass-wrack pondweed | Potamogeton compressus |
  | Sharp-leaved pondweed | Potamogeton acutifolius |
  | Curled pondweed | Potamogeton crispus |
  | Slender-leaved pondweed | Potamogeton filiformis |
  | Fennel pondweed | Potamogeton pectinatus |
  | Horned pondweed | Zannichellia palustris |
  
  ### Family Ruppiaceae (widgeonweeds, ditch grasses, widgeon grass)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Beaked tasselweed | Ruppia maritima | |
  | Spiral tasselweed | Ruppia cirrhosa | |
  
  ### Family Zosteraceae (seagrasses)
  
  | English name | Scientific name |
  | - | - |
  | Eelgrass | Zostera marina |
  | Narrow-leaved eelgrass | Zostera angustifolia |
  | Dwarf eelgrass | Zostera noltei |
  
  ### Family Araceae (arum)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | American skunk-cabbage | Lysichiton americanus | * |
  | Asian skunk-cabbage | Lysichiton camtschatcensis | * |
  | Bog arum | Calla palustris | * |
  | Altar-lily | Zantedeschia aethiopica | * |
  | Lords-and-ladies | Arum maculatum | |
  | Italian lords-and-ladies | Arum italicum | |
  | Dragon arum | Dracunculus vulgaris | * |
  | Mousetailplant | Arisarum proboscideum | * |
  | Greater duckweed | Spirodela polyrhiza | |
  | Fat duckweed | Lemna gibba | |
  | Common duckweed | Lemna minor | |
  | Ivy-leaved duckweed | Lemna trisulca | |
  | Least duckweed | Lemna minuta | * |
  | Rootless duckweed | Wolffia arrhiza | |
  
  ## Order Acorales (sweet flag)
  
  ### Family Acoraceae (sweet flag)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Sweet flag | Acorus calamus | * |
  | Slender sweet-flag | Acorus gramineus | * |
  
  ## Order Commelinales
  
  ### Family Commelinaceae (dayflowers, spiderworts)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Spiderwort | Tradescantia virginiana | * |
  | Wandering-Jew | Tradescantia fluminensis | * |
  
  ### Family Pontederiaceae (pickerel-weed family)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Pickerelweed | Pontederia cordata | * |
  
  ## Order Poales
  
  ### Family Eriocaulaceae (pipeworts)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Pipewort | Eriocaulon aquaticum | |
  
  ### Family Juncaceae (rushes)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Heath rush | Juncus squarrosus | |
  | Slender rush | Juncus tenuis | * |
  | Round-fruited rush | Juncus compressus | |
  | Saltmarsh rush | Juncus gerardii | |
  | Three-leaved rush | Juncus trifidus | |
  | Leafy rush | Juncus foliosus | |
  | Toad rush | Juncus bufonius | |
  | Frog rush | Juncus ambiguus | |
  | Broad-leaved rush | Juncus planifolius | * |
  | Dwarf rush | Juncus capitatus | |
  | Blunt-flowered rush | Juncus subnodulosus | |
  | Alpine rush | Juncus alpinoarticulatus | |
  | Jointed rush | Juncus articulatus | |
  | Sharp-flowered rush | Juncus acutiflorus | |
  | Bulbous rush | Juncus bulbosus | |
  | Pigmy rush | Juncus pygmaeus | |
  | Two-flowered rush | Juncus biglumis | |
  | Three-flowered rush | Juncus triglumis | |
  | Chestnut rush | Juncus castaneus | |
  | Sea rush | Juncus maritimus | |
  | Sharp rush | Juncus acutus | |
  | Somerset rush | Juncus subulatus | * |
  | Baltic rush | Juncus balticus | |
  | Thread rush | Juncus filiformis | |
  | Hard rush | Juncus inflexus | |
  | Soft-rush | Juncus effusus | |
  | Compact rush | Juncus conglomeratus | |
  | Great soft-rush | Juncus pallidus | * |
  | Southern wood-rush | Luzula forsteri | |
  | Hairy wood-rush | Luzula pilosa | |
  | Great wood-rush | Luzula sylvatica | |
  | White wood-rush | Luzula luzuloides | * |
  | Field wood-rush | Luzula campestris | |
  | Heath wood-rush | Luzula multiflora | |
  | Fen wood-rush | Luzula pallidula | |
  | Curved wood-rush | Luzula arcuata | |
  | Spiked wood-rush | Luzula spicata | |
  
  ### Family Cyperaceae (sedges)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Common cottongrass | Eriophorum angustifolium | |
  | Broad-leaved cottongrass | Eriophorum latifolium | |
  | Slender cottongrass | Eriophorum gracile | |
  | Hare's-tail cottongrass | Eriophorum vaginatum | |
  | Cotton deergrass | Trichophorum alpinum | e |
  | Deergrass | Trichophorum cespitosum | |
  | Common spike-rush | Eleocharis palustris | |
  | Northern spike-rush | Eleocharis austriaca | |
  | Slender spike-rush | Eleocharis uniglumis | |
  | Many-stalked spike-rush | Eleocharis multicaulis | |
  | Few-flowered spike-rush | Eleocharis quinqueflora | |
  | Needle spike-rush | Eleocharis acicularis | |
  | Dwarf spike-rush | Eleocharis parvula | |
  | Sea club-rush | Bolboschoenus maritimus | |
  | Wood club-rush | Scirpus sylvaticus | |
  | Round-headed club-rush | Scirpoides holoschoenus | |
  | Common club-rush | Schoenoplectus lacustris | |
  | Grey club-rush | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | |
  | Triangular club-rush | Schoenoplectus triqueter | |
  | Sharp club-rush | Schoenoplectus pungens | |
  | Bristle club-rush | Isolepis setacea | |
  | Slender club-rush | Isolepis cernua | |
  | Floating club-rush | Eleogiton fluitans | |
  | Flat-sedge | Blysmus compressus | |
  | Saltmarsh flat-sedge | Blysmus rufus | |
  | Galingale | Cyperus longus | |
  | Pale galingale | Cyperus eragrostis | * |
  | Brown galingale | Cyperus fuscus | |
  | Black bog-rush | Schoenus nigricans | |
  | Brown bog-rush | Schoenus ferrugineus | |
  | White beak-sedge | Rhynchospora alba | |
  | Brown beak-sedge | Rhynchospora fusca | |
  | Great fen-sedge | Cladium mariscus | |
  | False sedge | Kobresia simpliciuscula | |
  | Greater tussock-sedge | Carex paniculata | |
  | Fibrous tussock-sedge | Carex appropinquata | |
  | Lesser tussock-sedge | Carex diandra | |
  | True fox-sedge | Carex vulpina | |
  | False fox-sedge | Carex otrubae | |
  | American fox-sedge | Carex vulpinoidea | * |
  | Spiked sedge | Carex spicata | |
  | Prickly sedge | Carex muricata | |
  | Grey sedge | Carex divulsa | |
  | Sand sedge | Carex arenaria | |
  | Brown sedge | Carex disticha | |
  | String sedge | Carex chordorrhiza | |
  | Divided sedge | Carex divisa | |
  | Curved sedge | Carex maritima | |
  | Remote sedge | Carex remota | |
  | Oval sedge | Carex leporina | |
  | Star sedge | Carex echinata | |
  | Dioecious sedge | Carex dioica | |
  | Davall's sedge | Carex davalliana | e |
  | Elongated sedge | Carex elongata | |
  | Hare's-foot sedge | Carex lachenalii | |
  | White sedge | Carex curta | |
  | Hairy sedge | Carex hirta | |
  | Slender sedge | Carex lasiocarpa | |
  | Lesser pond-sedge | Carex acutiformis | |
  | Greater pond-sedge | Carex riparia | |
  | Cyperus-like sedge | Carex pseudocyperus | |
  | Bottle sedge | Carex rostrata | |
  | Bladder-sedge | Carex vesicaria | |
  | Russet sedge | Carex saxatilis | |
  | Pendulous sedge | Carex pendula | |
  | Wood-sedge | Carex sylvatica | |
  | Hair sedge | Carex capillaris | |
  | Thin-spiked wood-sedge | Carex strigosa | |
  | Glaucous sedge | Carex flacca | |
  | Carnation sedge | Carex panicea | |
  | Sheathed sedge | Carex vaginata | |
  | Starved wood-sedge | Carex depauperata | |
  | Smooth-stalked sedge | Carex laevigata | |
  | Green-ribbed sedge | Carex binervis | |
  | Distant sedge | Carex distans | |
  | Dotted sedge | Carex punctata | |
  | Long-bracted sedge | Carex extensa | |
  | Tawny sedge | Carex hostiana | |
  | Large yellow-sedge | Carex flava | |
  | Yellow-sedge | Carex viridula | |
  | Pale sedge | Carex pallescens | |
  | Fingered sedge | Carex digitata | |
  | Bird's-foot sedge | Carex ornithopoda | |
  | Dwarf sedge | Carex humilis | |
  | Spring sedge | Carex caryophyllea | |
  | Downy-fruited sedge | Carex filiformis | |
  | Rare spring-sedge | Carex ericetorum | |
  | Soft-leaved sedge | Carex montana | |
  | Pill sedge | Carex pilulifera | |
  | Scorched alpine-sedge | Carex atrofusca | |
  | Bog-sedge | Carex limosa | |
  | Mountain bog-sedge | Carex rariflora | |
  | Tall bog-sedge | Carex magellanica | |
  | Black alpine-sedge | Carex atrata | |
  | Club sedge | Carex buxbaumii | |
  | Close-headed alpine sedge | Carex norvegica | |
  | Estuarine sedge | Carex recta | |
  | Water sedge | Carex aquatilis | |
  | Slender tufted-sedge | Carex acuta | |
  | Three-nerved sedge | Carex trinervis | e |
  | Common sedge | Carex nigra | |
  | Tufted-sedge | Carex elata | |
  | Stiff sedge | Carex bigelowii | |
  | Bristle sedge | Carex microglochin | |
  | Few-flowered sedge | Carex pauciflora | |
  | Rock sedge | Carex rupestris | |
  | Flea sedge | Carex pulicaris | |
  
  ### Family Poaceae (grasses)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Indian fountain-bamboo | Yushania anceps | * |
  | Dwarf bamboo | Pleioblastus pygmaeus | * |
  | Broad-leaved bamboo | Sasa palmata | * |
  | Veitch's bamboo | Sasa veitchii | * |
  | Hairy bamboo | Sasaella ramosa | * |
  | Arrow bamboo | Pseudosasa japonica | * |
  | Square-stemmed bamboo | Chimonobambusa quadrangularis | * |
  | Cut-grass | Leersia oryzoides | |
  | Mat-grass | Nardus stricta | |
  | American needle-grass | Stipa neesiana | * |
  | Smilo-grass | Oryzopsis miliacea | * |
  | Wood millet | Milium effusum | |
  | Early millet | Milium vernale | |
  | Meadow fescue | Festuca pratensis | |
  | Tall fescue | Festuca arundinacea | |
  | Giant fescue | Festuca gigantea | |
  | Wood fescue | Festuca altissima | |
  | Various-leaved fescue | Festuca heterophylla | * |
  | Rush-leaved fescue | Festuca arenaria | |
  | Red fescue | Festuca rubra | |
  | Sheep's-fescue | Festuca ovina | |
  | Viviparous sheep's-fescue | Festuca vivipara | |
  | Fine-leaved sheep's-fescue | Festuca filiformis | |
  | Breton fescue | Festuca armoricana | |
  | Huon's fescue | Festuca huonii | |
  | Confused fescue | Festuca lemanii | |
  | Blue fescue | Festuca longifolia | |
  | Hard fescue | Festuca brevipila | |
  | Perennial rye-grass | Lolium perenne | |
  | Italian rye-grass | Lolium multiflorum | * |
  | Dune fescue | Vulpia fasciculata | |
  | Squirreltail fescue | Vulpia bromoides | |
  | Rat's-tail fescue | Vulpia myuros | |
  | Bearded fescue | Vulpia ciliata | |
  | Mat-grass fescue | Vulpia unilateralis | |
  | Crested dog's-tail | Cynosurus cristatus | |
  | Rough dog's-tail | Cynosurus echinatus | * |
  | Common saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia maritima | |
  | Reflexed saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia distans | |
  | Borrer's saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia fasciculata | |
  | Stiff saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia rupestris | |
  | Quaking-grass | Briza media | |
  | Lesser quaking-grass | Briza minor | * |
  | Greater quaking-grass | Briza maxima | * |
  | Early meadow-grass | Poa infirma | |
  | Annual meadow-grass | Poa annua | |
  | Rough meadow-grass | Poa trivialis | |
  | Spreading meadow-grass | Poa humilis | |
  | Smooth meadow-grass | Poa pratensis | |
  | Narrow-leaved meadow-grass | Poa angustifolia | |
  | Broad-leaved meadow-grass | Poa chaixii | * |
  | Wavy meadow-grass | Poa flexuosa | |
  | Flattened meadow-grass | Poa compressa | |
  | Swamp meadow-grass | Poa palustris | * |
  | Glaucous meadow-grass | Poa glauca | |
  | Wood meadow-grass | Poa nemoralis | |
  | Bulbous meadow-grass | Poa bulbosa | |
  | Alpine meadow-grass | Poa alpina | |
  | Tussac-grass | Poa flabellata | * |
  | Cock's-foot | Dactylis glomerata | |
  | Slender cock's-foot | Dactylis polygama | * |
  | Whorl-grass | Catabrosa aquatica | |
  | Fern-grass | Catapodium rigidum | |
  | Sea fern-grass | Catapodium marinum | |
  | Blue moor-grass | Sesleria caerulea | |
  | Hard-grass | Parapholis strigosa | |
  | Curved hard-grass | Parapholis incurva | |
  | Reed sweet-grass | Glyceria maxima | |
  | Floating sweet-grass | Glyceria fluitans | |
  | Small sweet-grass | Glyceria declinata | |
  | Plicate sweet-grass | Glyceria notata | |
  | Mountain melick | Melica nutans | |
  | Wood melick | Melica uniflora | |
  | Downy oat-grass | Helictotrichon pubescens | |
  | Meadow oat-grass | Helictotrichon pratense | |
  | False oat-grass | Arrhenatherum elatius | |
  | Slender oat | Avena barbata | * |
  | Bristle oat | Avena strigosa | * |
  | Wild-oat | Avena fatua | * |
  | Winter wild-oat | Avena sterilis | * |
  | Oat | Avena sativa | * |
  | French oat-grass | Gaudinia fragilis | * |
  | Yellow oat-grass | Trisetum flavescens | |
  | Somerset hair-grass | Koeleria vallesiana | |
  | Crested hair-grass | Koeleria macrantha | |
  | Tufted hair-grass | Deschampsia cespitosa | |
  | Bog hair-grass | Deschampsia setacea | |
  | Wavy hair-grass | Deschampsia flexuosa | |
  | Yorkshire-fog | Holcus lanatus | |
  | Creeping soft-grass | Holcus mollis | |
  | Grey hair-grass | Corynephorus canescens | |
  | Silver hair-grass | Aira caryophyllea | |
  | Early hair-grass | Aira praecox | |
  | Holy-grass | Hierochloe odorata | |
  | Sweet vernal-grass | Anthoxanthum odoratum | |
  | Annual vernal-grass | Anthoxanthum aristatum | * |
  | Reed canary-grass | Phalaris arundinacea | |
  | Bulbous canary-grass | Phalaris aquatica | * |
  | Canary-grass | Phalaris canariensis | * |
  | Lesser canary-grass | Phalaris minor | * |
  | Awned canary-grass | Phalaris paradoxa | * |
  | Common bent | Agrostis capillaris | |
  | Black bent | Agrostis gigantea | |
  | Highland bent | Agrostis castellana | * |
  | Creeping bent | Agrostis stolonifera | |
  | Blown-grass | Agrostis avenacea | * |
  | Bristle bent | Agrostis curtisii | |
  | Velvet bent | Agrostis canina | |
  | Brown bent | Agrostis vinealis | |
  | Rough bent | Agrostis scabra | * |
  | Wood small-reed | Calamagrostis epigejos | |
  | Purple small-reed | Calamagrostis canescens | |
  | Scandinavian small-reed | Calamagrostis purpurea | |
  | Narrow small-reed | Calamagrostis stricta | |
  | Scottish small-reed | Calamagrostis scotica | |
  | Marram | Ammophila arenaria | |
  | American marram | Ammophila breviligulata | * |
  | Nit-grass | Gastridium ventricosum | |
  | Hare's-tail | Lagurus ovatus | * |
  | Loose silky-bent | Apera spica-venti | |
  | Dense silky-bent | Apera interrupta | |
  | Early sand-grass | Mibora minima | |
  | Annual beard-grass | Polypogon monspeliensis | |
  | Water bent | Polypogon viridis | * |
  | Meadow foxtail | Alopecurus pratensis | |
  | Marsh foxtail | Alopecurus geniculatus | |
  | Bulbous foxtail | Alopecurus bulbosus | |
  | Orange foxtail | Alopecurus aequalis | |
  | Alpine foxtail | Alopecurus borealis | |
  | Black-grass | Alopecurus myosuroides | |
  | American slough-grass | Beckmannia syzigachne | * |
  | Timothy-grass | Phleum pratense | |
  | Smaller cat's-tail | Phleum bertolonii | |
  | Alpine cat's-tail | Phleum alpinum | |
  | Purple-stem cat's-tail | Phleum phleoides | |
  | Sand cat's-tail | Phleum arenarium | |
  | Field brome | Bromus arvensis | * |
  | Meadow brome | Bromus commutatus | |
  | Brome | Bromus racemosus | |
  | Soft-brome | Bromus hordeaceus | |
  | Slender soft-brome | Bromus lepidus | * |
  | Interrupted brome | Bromus interruptus | e |
  | Rye brome | Bromus secalinus | * |
  | Smith's brome | Bromus pseudosecalinus | * |
  | Hairy-brome | Bromopsis ramosa | |
  | Lesser hairy-brome | Bromopsis benekenii | |
  | Upright brome | Bromopsis erecta | |
  | Hungarian brome | Bromopsis inermis | * |
  | Great brome | Anisantha diandra | * |
  | Ripgut brome | Anisantha rigida | * |
  | Barren brome | Anisantha sterilis | |
  | Drooping brome | Anisantha tectorum | * |
  | Compact brome | Anisantha madritensis | * |
  | California brome | Ceratochloa carinata | * |
  | Western brome | Ceratochloa marginata | * |
  | Rescue brome | Ceratochloa cathartica | * |
  | Tor-grass | Brachypodium pinnatum | |
  | False brome | Brachypodium sylvaticum | |
  | Bearded couch | Elymus caninus | |
  | Common couch | Elytrigia repens | |
  | Sea couch | Elytrigia atherica | |
  | Sand couch | Elytrigia juncea | |
  | Lyme-grass | Leymus arenarius | |
  | Wood barley | Hordelymus europaeus | |
  | Two-rowed barley | Hordeum distichon | * |
  | Wall barley | Hordeum murinum | |
  | Foxtail barley | Hordeum jubatum | * |
  | Meadow barley | Hordeum secalinum | |
  | Sea barley | Hordeum marinum | |
  | Bread wheat | Triticum aestivatum | * |
  | Heath-grass | Danthonia decumbens | |
  | Pampas-grass | Cortaderia selloana | * |
  | Purple moor-grass | Molinia caerulea | |
  | Common reed | Phragmites australis | |
  | African love-grass | Eragrostis curvula | * |
  | Small love-grass | Eragrostis minor | * |
  | Bermuda-grass | Cynodon dactylon | * |
  | African Bermuda-grass | Cynodon incompletus | * |
  | Small cord-grass | Spartina maritima | |
  | Common cord-grass | Spartina anglica | |
  | Smooth cordgrass | Spartina alterniflora | * |
  | Prairie cord-grass | Spartina pectinata | * |
  | Cockspur | Echinochloa crus-galli | * |
  | Water finger-grass | Paspalum distichum | * |
  | Green bristle-grass | Setaria viridis | * |
  | Smooth finger-grass | Digitaria ischaemum | * |
  | Johnson grass | Sorghum halepense | * |
  
  ### Family Typhaceae (cattail family)
  
  | English name | Scientific name |
  | - | - |
  | Branched bur-reed | Sparganium erectum |
  | Unbranched bur-reed | Sparganium emersum |
  | Floating bur-reed | Sparganium angustifolium |
  | Least bur-reed | Sparganium natans |
  | Bulrush | Typha latifolia |
  | Lesser bulrush | Typha angustifolia |
  
  ### Family Bromeliaceae (bromeliads)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Rhodostachys | Fascicularia bicolor | * |
  | Tresco rhodostachys | Ochagavia carnea | * |
  
  ## Order Asparagales (asparagoid lilies)
  
  ### Family Asphodelaceae (asphodel family)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Kerry lily | Simethis planifolia | |
  | Orange day-lily | Hemerocallis fulva | * |
  | Yellow day-lily | Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus | * |
  | Red-hot-poker | Kniphofia uvaria | * |
  | Greater red-hot-poker | Kniphofia praecox | * |
  | New Zealand flax | Phormium tenax | * |
  | Lesser New Zealand flax | Phormium colensoi | * |
  | Scottish asphodel | Tofieldia pusilla | |
  | Bog asphodel | Narthecium ossifragum | |
  | White asphodel | Asphodelus albus | * |
  
  ### Family Asparagaceae (asparagus family)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Lily-of-the-valley | Convallaria majalis | |
  | Solomon's-seal | Polygonatum multiflorum | |
  | Angular Solomon's-seal | Polygonatum odoratum | |
  | Whorled Solomon's-seal | Polygonatum verticillatum | |
  | May lily | Maianthemum bifolium | |
  | Reineckea | Reineckea carnea | * |
  | Spiked Star-of-Bethlehem | Ornithogalum pyrenaicum | |
  | Star-of-Bethlehem | Ornithogalum umbellatum | |
  | Drooping Star-of-Bethlehem | Ornithogalum nutans | * |
  | Alpine squill | Scilla bifolia | * |
  | Greek squill | Scilla messeniaca | * |
  | Siberian squill | Scilla siberica | * |
  | Spring squill | Scilla verna | |
  | Pyrenean squill | Scilla liliohyacinthus | * |
  | Portuguese squill | Scilla peruviana | * |
  | Autumn squill | Scilla autumnalis | |
  | Italian bluebell | Hyacinthoides italica | * |
  | Bluebell | Hyacinthoides non-scripta | |
  | Spanish bluebell | Hyacinthoides hispanica | * |
  | Hyacinth | Hyacinthus orientalis | * |
  | Glory-of-the-snow | Chionodoxa forbesii | * |
  | Lesser glory-of-the-snow | Chionodoxa sardensis | * |
  | Grape-hyacinth | Muscari neglectum | * |
  | Garden grape-hyacinth | Muscari armeniacum | * |
  | Compact grape-hyacinth | Muscari botryoides | * |
  | Tassel grape-hyacinth | Leopoldia comosa | * |
  | Wild asparagus | Asparagus officinalis | |
  | Butcher's-broom | Ruscus aculeatus | |
  | Spineless butcher's-broom | Ruscus hypoglossum | * |
  | Curved-leaved Spanish-dagger | Yucca gloriosa var. tristis | * |
  | Centuryplant | Agave americana | * |
  | Cabbage-palm | Cordyline australis | * |
  
  ### Family Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis family)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Chives | Allium schoenoprasum | |
  | American garlic | Allium unifolium | * |
  | Rosy garlic | Allium roseum | * |
  | Neapolitan garlic | Allium neapolitanum | * |
  | Hairy garlic | Allium subhirsutum | * |
  | Yellow garlic | Allium moly | * |
  | Three-cornered garlic | Allium triquetrum | * |
  | Italian garlic | Allium pendulinum | * |
  | Few-flowered garlic | Allium paradoxum | * |
  | Ramsons | Allium ursinum | |
  | Field garlic | Allium oleraceum | |
  | Keeled garlic | Allium carinatum | * |
  | Wild leek | Allium ampeloprasum | |
  | Sand leek | Allium scorodoprasum | |
  | Round-headed leek | Allium sphaerocephalon | |
  | Wild onion | Allium vineale | |
  | Broad-leaved leek | Allium nigrum | * |
  | Honey garlic | Nectaroscordum siculum | * |
  | Honeybells | Nothoscordum borbonicum | * |
  | African lily | Agapanthus praecox | * |
  | Spring starflower | Tristagma uniflorum | * |
  | Jersey lily | Amaryllis belladonna | * |
  | Winter daffodil | Sternbergia lutea | * |
  | Summer snowflake | Leucojum aestivum | |
  | Spring snowflake | Leucojum vernum | |
  | Snowdrop | Galanthus nivalis | * |
  | Greater snowdrop | Galanthus elwesii | * |
  | Caucasian snowdrop | Galanthus caucasicus | * |
  | Pleated snowdrop | Galanthus plicatus | * |
  | Bunch-flowered daffodil | Narcissus tazetta | * |
  | Paper-white daffodil | Narcissus papyraceus | * |
  | Pheasant's-eye daffodil | Narcissus poeticus | * |
  | Hoop-petticoat daffodil | Narcissus bulbocodium | * |
  | Daffodil | Narcissus pseudonarcissus | |
  | Cyclamen-flowered daffodil | Narcissus cyclamineus | * |
  
  ### Family Iridaceae (iris family)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Blue-eyed-grass | Sisyrinchium bermudiana | |
  | American blue-eyed-grass | Sisyrinchium montanum | * |
  | Yellow-eyed-grass | Sisyrinchium californicum | * |
  | Veined yellow-eyed-grass | Sisyrinchium laxum | * |
  | Pale yellow-eyed-grass | Sisyrinchium striatum | * |
  | Blue corn-lily | Aristea ecklonii | * |
  | Snake's-head iris | Hermodactylus tuberosus | * |
  | Bearded iris | Iris germanica | * |
  | Siberian iris | Iris sibirica | * |
  | Yellow iris | Iris pseudacorus | |
  | Purple iris | Iris versicolor | * |
  | Japanese iris | Iris ensata | * |
  | Blue iris | Iris spuria | * |
  | Turkish iris | Iris orientalis | * |
  | Stinking iris | Iris foetidissima | |
  | English iris | Iris latifolia | * |
  | Spanish iris | Iris xiphium | * |
  | Bugle-lily | Watsonia borbonica | * |
  | Sand crocus | Romulea columnae | |
  | Oniongrass | Romulea rosea | * |
  | Spring crocus | Crocus vernus | * |
  | Early crocus | Crocus tommasinianus | * |
  | Autumn crocus | Crocus nudiflorus | * |
  | Kotschy's crocus | Crocus kotschyanus | * |
  | Sieber's crocus | Crocus sieberi | * |
  | Golden crocus | Crocus chrysanthus | * |
  | Pure yellow crocus | Crocus flavus | * |
  | Bieberstein's crocus | Crocus speciosus | * |
  | Hairy crocus | Crocus pulchellus | * |
  | Wild gladiolus | Gladiolus illyricus | |
  | Eastern gladiolus | Gladiolus communis | * |
  | Red corn-lily | Ixia campanulata | * |
  | Tubular corn-lily | Ixia paniculata | * |
  | Plain harlequinflower | Sparaxis grandiflora | * |
  | Freesia | Freesia x hybrida | * |
  | Aunt-Eliza | Crocosmia paniculata | * |
  | Giant montbretia | Crocosmia masoniorum | * |
  | Potts' montbretia | Crocosmia pottsii | * |
  | Chasmanthe | Chasmanthe bicolor | * |
  
  ### Family Orchidaceae (orchid family)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Lady's-slipper | Cypripedium calceolus | |
  | White helleborine | Cephalanthera damasonium | |
  | Narrow-leaved helleborine | Cephalanthera longifolia | |
  | Red helleborine | Cephalanthera rubra | |
  | Marsh helleborine | Epipactis palustris | |
  | Dark-red helleborine | Epipactis atrorubens | |
  | Violet helleborine | Epipactis purpurata | |
  | Broad-leaved helleborine | Epipactis helleborine | |
  | Young's helleborine | Epipactis youngiana | |
  | Narrow-lipped helleborine | Epipactis leptochila | |
  | Green-flowered helleborine | Epipactis phyllanthes | |
  | Ghost orchid | Epipogium aphyllum | |
  | Bird's-nest orchid | Neottia nidus-avis | |
  | Common twayblade | Neottia ovata | |
  | Lesser twayblade | Neottia cordata | |
  | Autumn lady's-tresses | Spiranthes spiralis | |
  | Summer lady's-tresses | Spiranthes aestivalis | e |
  | Irish lady's-tresses | Spiranthes romanzoffiana | |
  | Creeping lady's-tresses | Goodyera repens | |
  | Fen orchid | Liparis loeselii | |
  | Bog orchid | Hammarbya paludosa | |
  | Coralroot orchid | Corallorrhiza trifida | |
  | Musk orchid | Herminium monorchis | |
  | Greater butterfly-orchid | Platanthera chlorantha | |
  | Lesser butterfly-orchid | Platanthera bifolia | |
  | Pyramidal orchid | Anacamptis pyramidalis | |
  | Small-white orchid | Pseudorchis albida | |
  | Fragrant orchid | Gymnadenia conopsea | |
  | Frog orchid | Coeloglossum viride | |
  | Common spotted-orchid | Dactylorhiza fuchsii | |
  | Heath spotted-orchid | Dactylorhiza maculata | |
  | Early marsh-orchid | Dactylorhiza incarnata | |
  | Southern marsh-orchid | Dactylorhiza praetermissa | |
  | Northern marsh-orchid | Dactylorhiza purpurella | |
  | Western marsh-orchid | Dactylorhiza majalis | |
  | Narrow-leaved marsh-orchid | Dactylorhiza traunsteineri | |
  | Lapland marsh-orchid | Dactylorhiza lapponica | |
  | Dense-flowered orchid | Neotinea maculata | |
  | Loose-flowered orchid | Orchis laxiflora | |
  | Early-purple orchid | Orchis mascula | |
  | Green-winged orchid | Orchis morio | |
  | Burnt orchid | Orchis ustulata | |
  | Lady orchid | Orchis purpurea | |
  | Military orchid | Orchis militaris | |
  | Monkey orchid | Orchis simia | |
  | Man orchid | Aceras anthropophorum | |
  | Lizard orchid | Himantoglossum hircinum | |
  | Fly orchid | Ophrys insectifera | |
  | Early spider-orchid | Ophrys sphegodes | |
  | Bee orchid | Ophrys apifera | |
  | Late spider-orchid | Ophrys fuciflora | |
  
  ## Order Liliales
  
  ### Family Colchicaceae (colchicum family)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Meadow saffron | Colchicum autumnale | |
  
  ### Family Liliaceae (true lilies)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Snowdon lily | Gagea serotina (syn. Lloydia serotina) | |
  | Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem | Gagea lutea | |
  | Early Star-of-Bethlehem | Gagea bohemica | |
  | Wild tulip | Tulipa sylvestris | * |
  | Cretan tulip | Tulipa saxatilis | * |
  | Garden tulip | Tulipa gesneriana | * |
  | Fritillary | Fritillaria meleagris | * |
  | Martagon lily | Lilium martagon | * |
  | Pyrenean lily | Lilium pyrenaicum | * |
  
  ### Family Melanthiaceae (bunchflower family)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Herb-paris | Paris quadrifolia | |
  
  ### Family Alstroemeriaceae (alstroemer family)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Peruvian lily | Alstroemeria aurea | * |
  | Chilean-iris | Libertia chilensis (syns. L. formosa, L. elegans) | * |
  
  ## Order Dioscoreales
  
  ### Family Dioscoreaceae (yam family)
  
  | English name | Scientific name | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Black bryony | Dioscorea communis | |
  