Asparagaceae
403 edible species
Family containing asparagus, agave, yucca, and various ornamental lily-like plants.
Cluster-leaved asparagus
Edible: Shoots, Vegetable, Fruit, Stems
Tianmendong, Heaven's Gate Winter
Edible: Roots
Edible: Leaves, Shoots
Sandveld asparagus
Edible: Fruit, Vegetable
Asparagus
Edible: Leaves, Shoots, Vegetable, Roots, Seeds - coffee, Vegetable
Wild asparagus
Edible: Shoots
Edible: Tubers, Root, Leaves, Stems
Edible: Stems, Shoots
Wild asparagus, Asparagus fern
Edible: Shoots
Climbing asparagus
Edible: Root, Tubers, Shoots, Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaves - tea, Flower
Cascade asparagus
Edible: Roots
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Roots, Vegetable
Edible: Shoots, Stem
Edible: Rhizome, Root, Fruit
Edible: Shoots
Edible: Shoots
Edible: ?
Feathery asparagus
Edible: Shoots, Vegetable
Edible: Shoots, Stem
Bergappel, Katdoring
Edible: Galls
Bushveld asparagus
Edible: Shoots, Stems, Vegetable
Edible: Plants, Vegetable
Edible: Shoots
Climbing asparagus vine
Edible: Shoots, Stems
Asparagus fern, African broom fern
Edible: ?, Medicine
Lilao
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Vegetable
Squill
Edible: Bulb, Root, Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves, Bulbs
Edible: Flowers, Bulb, Leaves
Edible: Flowers
Mexican lily
Edible: Flowers
Golden stars
Edible: Root, Bulb
Golden stars
Edible: Root, Bulb
Californian hyacinth, Harvest Brodiaea, Violet ookow
Edible: Fruit, Root, Bulbs, Corm
Cusick's camass
Edible: Bulbs
Wild hyacinth, Blue Camass, Leichtlin's camass
Edible: Root, Bulb
Western Camass, Quamash, Camass lily
Edible: Root, Bulb
Common camas, Small camas, Blue camas
Edible: Root, Bulb
Eastern Camass, Camass lily, Wild hyacinth, Atlantic Camas
Edible: Root, Bulbs
Blue stars, Blue squill
Edible: Tubers, Root
Smallflower soapplant
Edible: Root
Soap lily, Amole, Soapplant, Wild potato
Edible: Leaves, Root
Grass flower
Edible: Roots, Flowers
Edible: Tuber, Root, Plant, Flowers
Edible: Tubers, Root
Kulai
Edible: Leaves, ulb
Edible: Leaves
Spider plant
Edible: Fruit, Tubers, Root
Edible: Roots
Edible: Leaves
Bichetii grass, Siam lily
Edible: Leaves, Tuber, Root
Mandarin plant, Sierra Leone lily
Edible: Leaves, Flowers
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Vereb Ribbon Plant
Edible: Tubers, Root, Leaves, Flowers
Bluebeard
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Flowers - tea
Lily of the Valley
Edible: Flowers - drink
Giant Dracaena, Cabbage Tree Palm, New Zealand cabbage tree
Edible: Leaves, Root, Stem, Rhizome
Good luck tree, Ti tree
Edible: Leaves, Tubers, Fruit, Heart, Root
Broad-leafed cabbage tree
Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Root, Stem, Seeds
Palm lily
Edible: Rhizome
Broad-leaf Palm-lily
Edible: Fruit, Heart, Rhizome, Root
Red-fruited palm lily
Edible: Fruit
Narrow-leaved palm lily
Edible: Fruit, Rhizome, Root
Mexican grass tree, Sotol
Edible: Plant heart - drink
Sotol
Edible: Flowering stalks
Sotol, Desert candle
Edible: Cabbage, Base - drink
Sotol
Edible: Stems, Flower stalk, Leaf bases, Stems - drink
Texas sotol
Edible: Shoots, Bud, Sap - drink
Sotol, Desert-spoon, Cactus-spoon, Spoonplant, Bear-grass, Wheeler sotol
Edible: Heart, Bud, Young stalks, Nuts
Bluedick
Edible: Flowers, Root, Tuber
Fork-toothed ookow
Edible: Flowers, Corm
Edible: Root, Corm
Chocolate lily, Purple lily
Edible: Roots
Nodding chocolate lily
Edible: Flowers, Tuber, Root
Chocolate lily, Grass lily
Edible: Tuber, Root, Flowers, Stems
Wild onion
Edible: Bulb
Edible: Bulb, Corm, Leaves
Brown bell, Brown lily
Edible: Fruit, Bulb
Wild onion, Poison onion
Edible: Leaves, Bulb
Edible: Bulb
Edible: Leaves, Bulb
Edible: Bulb
Edible: Bulb, Leaves
Edible: Bulb, Leaves
Dipcadi
Edible: Bulb
Green Dipcadi, Dainty green bells
Edible: Bulb, Leaves
Bowstring hemp
Edible: Shoots
Edible: Bulb
Native Dracaena, Suji dracaena
Edible: Leaves, Shoots
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves, Stems
Dragon tree, Dragon's blood tree
Edible: Fruit
Dragon tree
Edible: Leaves
Snake plant