Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Schoenolirion albiflorum
FAMILY
Agavaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenolirion albiflorum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Schoenolirion albiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxytria albiflora
COMMON NAME:
White Sunnybell
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Keith Bradley kab_s_albiflorum_72297
June Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
White 3/8" flowers borne singly at the tips of long slender stalks, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Schoenolirion albiflorum
FAMILY
Agavaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenolirion albiflorum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Schoenolirion albiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxytria albiflora
3150
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare in GA
Look for it in wet pinelands, cypress depressions, Hypericum depressions, wet hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (plant scapose)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/ Greenish-white
Radially symmetrical
6 persistent tepals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence racemose
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!