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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hymenocallis liriosme
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
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Identification Notes: Hymenocallis can be distinguished vegetatively from Crinum by its distichous (vs. spiral) leaf arrangement and leaf margins entire (vs. finely toothed). Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hymenocallis liriosme
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Hymenocallis liriosme
COMMON NAME:
Western Marsh Spiderlily, Louisiana Marsh Spiderlily
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hymenocallis liriosme
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hymenocallis liriosme
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Hymenocallis liriosme
716
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: swamps, bottomlands, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Flowers are sessile.
6 tepals
6 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in an umbel
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p182
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p184
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