1615–25; < New Latin < Greek hēmerokallís, equivalent to hēméra day + kállos beauty
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I remember puzzling over why a day lily was botanically a Hemerocallis and not a lily at all.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2023
There are 75,378 different day lilies officially registered with the American Hemerocallis Society.
From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2014
A favorite flower was the yellow garden Lily, the Lemon Lily, Hemerocallis, when it could be kept from spreading.
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse
Hemerocallis fulva and flava, interchanging by bud-variation, i.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles
This Genus has been called Hemerocallis, in English, Day-Lily, from the short duration of its blossoms, but these are not quite so fugacious in this species as in the fulva.
From The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 1 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed by Curtis, William
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