Liliaceae is a large family, with hundreds of exotic species in cultivation. They include hyacinths, tulips, onions, as well as the true lilies. This family is extremely complex and botanists estimate 250 genera and 4,000 to 6,000 species worldwide. Some species are edible while others are very poisonous.
The flowers have 3 petals and 3 sepals, often very similar (in which they are referred to as tepals or perianth segments). There are typically 6 stamens, rarely 3. All these parts attach at the base of the ovary. The fruit is either dry and cracking at maturity or fleshy in certain species - it is divided into 3 segments.
The leaves are alternate or basal, simple and usually narrow.
All species are prerennial, but most are herbaceous (not having a woody stem) and die back, after flowering or fruiting, to underground bulbs, corms, or rhizomes. New plants form from bulb division or sprout from seeds, but usually do not begin flowering until about the fourth year, after the bulb has developed sufficiently.

Leucocrinum montanum - Star Lily
Stemless, about 5-10 cm tall. Sandy to rocky areas, plains to montane.
Flowers white, fragrant, about 3 cm broad, long-stalked, from base of the plant.
Leaves: basal, tufted, grass-like, up to 20 cm long. Roots reportedly edible.