OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
 Hymenocallis crassifolia   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae   NEW! Click to go to FSUS key

(?) (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hymenocallis floridana   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Hymenocallis crassifolia

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:
 Florida Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
 Hymenocallis crassifolia   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae

(?) (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hymenocallis floridana   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Hymenocallis crassifolia

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

 

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2845

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC, rare in Piedmont

Habitat: Tidal marshes, margins of tidal guts, banks of blackwater rivers, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Flowers are sessile.
Bisexual
6 tepals
6 stamens
Inferior ovary

Flowers in an umbel

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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