Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crinum americanum var. americanum
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Crinum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crinum americanum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crinum americanum var. americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Crinum americanum var. americanum
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crinum americanum
COMMON NAME:
Southern Swamp-lily, String Lily, Seven-sisters
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Keith Bradley kab_c_americanum_75443
September Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
Each tepal bears a stamen with a purplish-pink filament & yellowish anther, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crinum americanum var. americanum
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crinum americanum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crinum americanum var. americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Crinum americanum var. americanum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crinum americanum
407
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: swamp forests, freshwater marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (historically in NC Coastal Plain, but not recently seen)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
WinterSummer/Fall
Red to white, often striped
6 tepals, perianth funnelform to salverform to semicampanulate
6 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in an umbel
FRUIT:
WinterSummer/Fall?
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p109
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p158
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p163
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