OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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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

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 (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
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

Emergent aquatic (rooted); 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.
Bisexual
6 tepals
6 stamens
Inferior ovary

Flowers in a terminal branched umbel

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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