Lots of plants have common names that don't really indentify them correctly. For example, Rose of Sharon is not a rose. Lily of the Valley is not from the lily family. And neither are day lilies. They are called Hemerocalis. They are actually quite different. Lilies have bulbs, and day lilies have roots. Lilies have leaves along their stems, and day lilies have bare stems and separate long leaves.
Day lilies are also (I hope that by writing this, a new and destructive insect does not suddenly finds my garden) not bothered by insects or disease, while my poor Asiatic and Oriental lilies are chewed mercilously by Scarlet Lily Beetle adults and larvae.
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