Lilies are [[flower]]s of the genus [i]Lilium[/i]. 

Lily flowers have 6 petals (technically 3 petals and 3 sepals) and come in a variety of shapes such as bell, flat, funnel, recurved, trumpet, etc. They can be almost any color, but "white lilies":/wiki_pages/white_lily are probably the most well-known kind, being either [i]Lilium candidum[/i] (Madonna Lilies) or [i]Lilium longiflorum[/i] (Easter Lily) with their characteristic trumpet shape. 

Lilies are a symbol for Girls Love as well as an eponym for its alternate name [[yuri]] due to their Japanese name "yuri". 

h5. Examples 
* post #1323515: [i]Lilium candidum[/i] 
* post #1333457: [i]Lilium longiflorum[/i] 
* post #1080404: Lilies as yuri moment decoration 

h5. Other Liliaceae species
* [[Dogtooth violet (flower)|]]
* [[Kamchatka lily]]
* [[Tiger lily]]
* [[Tulip]]

h5. Flowers known as lilies
[tn]Note that these flowers are [u]not species of the genus [i]Lilium[/i][/u], so they [u]should not be tagged [[Lily (flower)|]][/u][/tn]
* [[Agapanthus (flower)|]], African lily, Lily of the Nile
* [[Alstroemeria (flower)|]], Lily of the Incas, Peruvian lily
* [[Amaryllis (flower)|]], Belladonna lily, Easter lily, Jersey lily
* [[Clivia]], Bush lily, Natal lily
* [[Lily of the valley|Convallaria]], Lily of the valley
* [[Dogtooth violet (flower)|Erythronium]], Fawn lily, Trout lily
* [[Kamchatka lily|Fritillaria]], Black lily, Chocolate lily, Kamchatka lily
* [[Hemerocallis]], Daylily
* [[Spider lily|Lycoris]], Spider lily
* [[Water lily flower|Nymphaea]], Water lily
* [[Grass lily|Ornithogalum]], Grass lily
* [[Spathiphyllum]], Peace lily
* [[Calla lily|Zantedeschia]], Arum lily, Calla lily

h4. See also 
* [[Azalea (flower)|]]
* [[Fleur-de-lis]]
* [[Lily pad]]
* [[Lily print]]
* [[Lotus]]
* [[Yuri]]
* [[Tag group:Flowers]]

h4. External links
* "Wikipedia: Lilium":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilium
* "Wikipedia: Lilium candidum":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilium_candidum
* "Wikipedia: Lilium longiflorum":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilium_longiflorum
* "Wikipedia: Liliaceae":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliaceae
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