Hesperanthes (Baker) S.Watson Echeandia (common name craglily) is a genus of New World plants in the century plant subfamily within the asparagus family.
[4] It is named for Spanish botanist Pedro Gregorio Echeandía (1746–1817).
Species in the genus are distributed from the south-western United States south to north-western Argentina, southern Bolivia, and southern Peru.
[5] Echeandia are herbaceous perennials with corms and enlarged storage roots.
Flowers are arranged in loose racemes[6] and may be yellow, orange, white or cream.