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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hymenocallis crassifolia
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Hymenocallis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hymenocallis crassifolia
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hymenocallis crassifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Hymenocallis crassifolia
(?) (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hymenocallis floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-03-001:
Hymenocallis crassifolia FAMILY Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hymenocallis crassifolia
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Spiderlily, Florida Spiderlily
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Dan Whitten sdw_hcrassifolia
May Georgetown County SC
Flowers 1-3 (rarely more) per inflorescence. Perianth segments to 11.5cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Dan Whitten sdw_hcrassifolia2
May Georgetown County SC
Leaf margins parallel; leaves suberect to erect, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hymenocallis crassifolia
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hymenocallis crassifolia
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hymenocallis crassifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Hymenocallis crassifolia
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hymenocallis floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-03-001:
Hymenocallis crassifolia
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hymenocallis crassifolia
2845
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Tidal marshes, margins of tidal guts, banks of blackwater rivers, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC, rare in Piedmont
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Flowers are sessile.
6 tepals
6 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in an umbel
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p182
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p326
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p098
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p172
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p040
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p362
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