Is a calla lily a monocot or a dicot, and how can you tell?

monocot... vascular bundles scattered in stem, leaf veins form a parallel pattern (as with grasses), flower parts in 3's and multiples of 3's


dicots.. vascular bundles in a distinct ring, leaf veins form a net pattern, flower parts in 4's and 5's and multiples of 4 %26amp; 5

Is a calla lily a monocot or a dicot, and how can you tell?
It's a monocot.





PS, there are lots of herbaceous dicots (beans, tobacco, tomato, squash, peppers, etc....)
Reply:Its a monocot. I think the actual taxon of monocots is called liliopsida, refering to the lillies. It has fibrous roots, 3 flower parts, parallel veinations on the leaf and unordered vascular bundles.
Reply:It is a monocot. Take a look at the veins in the leaves. They are all parallel to one another, meaning they look like this
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Another indication is the number of flower parts is in a multiple of 3. It is a bit difficult with a Calla Lily as the petals are fused.





Lasty, when it begins to sprout from the bulb, you will see only one leaf arising at a time.





Those are the easiest ways to tell. The other way would have you cutting open the stem or sectioning a leaf.





Hope this helps!
Reply:Calla lilies aren't lilies. They're in Araceae--they have a spathe and spadix (meaning, a spike of tiny little flowers and a colored/white modified bract.) Lilies have large flowers, no bracts, no spikes.





But the other stuff is right. Monocots are "herbaceous" and dicots are "woody." Like, y'know, a tree or shrub. With growth rings and all that.
Reply:all lilies are monocots



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