2845

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common (uncommon in NC, rare in Piedmont)

Look for it in tidal marshes, margins of tidal guts, banks of blackwater rivers, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet ...Moist

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Flowers are sessile.
Bisexual
6 tepals
6 stamens
Inferior ovary
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 p182
• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p326
• Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p098
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p172
• Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p040

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hymenocallis crassifolia   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-03-001:
Hymenocallis crassifolia   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae