Hymenocallis palmeri explained

Hymenocallis palmeri is a plant in the family Amaryllidaceae.[1] Common name is alligator-lily. It is endemic to Florida, found in cypress swamps, wet meadows, open pine woodlands and wet roadsides.[2]

Hymenocallis palmeri produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 4 cm across. Leaves are bluish green, up to 65 cm long and 10 mm across. Umbels have only 1 or 2 flowers, if 2 then opening one at a time. Flowers are erect, funnel-shaped, white with a greenish eye in the center and teeth along the margins of the staminal corona. Seeds are green, egg-shaped, up to 20 mm in diameter.[2] [1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8714594#page/311/mode/1up Sereno Watson, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences 14: 301. 1879, Hymenocallis palmeri
  2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101682 Flora of North America vol 26, p 291.
  3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8714594#page/311/mode/1up Sereno Watson, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences 14: 301. 1879, Hymenocallis humilis