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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hymenocallis coronaria   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae   Go to FSUS key



(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hymenocallis coronaria   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Hymenocallis coronaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Hymenocallis coronaria

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Hymenocallis caroliniana

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-03-002:

Hymenocallis occidentalis   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hymenocallis occidentalis

 

COMMON NAME:
Rocky-shoals Spiderlily, Catawba Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily


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image of Hymenocallis coronaria, Rocky-shoals Spiderlily, Catawba Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily

Judy Gordon    jegmvchymencoron_brd2

May    Lincoln County    GA

Broad River Shoals, Lake Thurmond

image of Hymenocallis coronaria, Rocky-shoals Spiderlily, Catawba Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily

JK Marlow    jkm080517_022

May    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Hymenocallis coronaria, Rocky-shoals Spiderlily, Catawba Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily

JK Marlow    jkm080517_032

May    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Stamens united into a wide flaring corona-like tube, filaments extended, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Hymenocallis coronaria, Rocky-shoals Spiderlily, Catawba Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily

JK Marlow    jkm080517_040

May    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Hymenocallis coronaria, Rocky-shoals Spiderlily, Catawba Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily

JK Marlow    jkm080517_045

May    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Hymenocallis coronaria, Rocky-shoals Spiderlily, Catawba Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily

JK Marlow    jkm080517_062

May    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Hymenocallis coronaria, Rocky-shoals Spiderlily, Catawba Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily

JK Marlow    jkm090522_012

May    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Petals & sepals [tepals] linear, spreading at nearly right angles to the tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Hymenocallis coronaria, Rocky-shoals Spiderlily, Catawba Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily

JK Marlow    jkm090522_017

May    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Leaves basal, linear, strap-like, surrounded at base by tubular sheaths, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Hymenocallis coronaria, Rocky-shoals Spiderlily, Catawba Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily

JK Marlow    jkm160515_655

May    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Hymenocallis coronaria, Rocky-shoals Spiderlily, Catawba Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily

Keith Bradley    kab_h_coronaria_0768

May    Richland County    SC

Three Rivers Greenway

image of Hymenocallis coronaria, Rocky-shoals Spiderlily, Catawba Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_coronaria

May        

Stamens and corolla unite at base to form a cup-like structure (corona), per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Hymenocallis coronaria, Rocky-shoals Spiderlily, Catawba Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily

Judy Gordon    jeg_09782

June    McCormick County    SC

Staminal cup [corona] more than 4.5cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Hymenocallis coronaria, Rocky-shoals Spiderlily, Catawba Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily

JK Marlow    jkm0406b_24

June    Chester County    SC

Landsford Canal State Park

The taxonomy of Hymenocallis is controversial, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Hymenocallis coronaria, Rocky-shoals Spiderlily, Catawba Spiderlily, Carolina Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily

JK Marlow    jkm0406c_16

June    Chester County    SC

Landsford Canal State Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hymenocallis coronaria   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hymenocallis coronaria   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hymenocallis coronaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Hymenocallis coronaria

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hymenocallis caroliniana

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-03-002:
Hymenocallis occidentalis   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hymenocallis occidentalis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

715

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rocky river shoals, usually with Justicia americana and Podostemum ceratophyllum, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

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

Flowers in a terminal branched umbel

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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