Hymenocallis latifolia

(Miller) M. Roemer

Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 4: 168. 1847.

Common names: Broad-leaf spider-lily mangrove spider-lily
Endemic
Basionym: Pancratium latifolium Miller Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Pancratium no. 8. 1768
Synonyms: Hymenocallis caymanensis Herb Hymenocallis collieri Small Hymenocallis keyensis Small Hymenocallis kimballiae Small
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 292. Mentioned on page 284, 291, 293.

Bulb nonrhizomatous, forming numerous bulblets, enlarging with age, 4–8 × 2–5 cm; basal plate 2–4 cm; neck 4–6 cm; tunic grayish brown. Leaves evergreen, numerous, arching outwards, spreading distally, 5–10 dm × 4–9 cm, coriaceous; blade broadly liguliform, gradually tapering proximally, apex subacute to acute. Scape 4–10 dm, slightly compressed, glaucous; scape bracts 2, enclosing buds, 4–7 × 1.5–2.5 cm; subtending floral bracts 4–5 cm × 10–15 mm. Flowers 9–15, opening sequentially, fragrant; perianth tube green, 9–20 cm; tepals extending nearly horizontally, reflexed distally, white, 7.5–13 cm × 4–6 mm; corona white with small green eye, funnelform, 2–3 × 3–4 cm, margins between free portions of filaments wavy, without prominent projections; free portions of filaments inserted on flat base, slightly incurved, green except becoming white near insertion, 4–6 cm; anthers 1.2–2 cm, pollen orange; ovary ovoid, 0.9–1.6 cm × 5–10 mm, ovules 2 per locule; style green in distal 1/2, fading to white proximally, 19–23 cm. Capsules subglobose, ca. 3 × 3 cm. Seeds obovoid, 1.8–2.4 × 1.4–1.8 cm. 2n = 46, 70.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Coastal dunes, sand ridges, edges of hammocks and flatwoods, mangrove swamps of southern Florida peninsula and keys, rarely disjunct along coastal nw Florida and Gulf coastal states
Elevation: 0 m

Discussion

The long perianth tube in Hymenocallis latifolia contrasts sharply with the short, funnelform staminal corona. This species is a yard favorite throughout Florida.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Hymenocallis latifolia"
Gerald L. Smith +  and Walter S. Flory† +
(Miller) M. Roemer +
Pancratium latifolium +
Broad-leaf spider-lily +  and mangrove spider-lily +
Coastal dunes, sand ridges, edges of hammocks and flatwoods, mangrove swamps of southern Florida peninsula and keys, rarely disjunct along coastal nw Florida and Gulf coastal states +
Flowering summer. +
Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. +
Hymenocallis caymanensis +, Hymenocallis collieri +, Hymenocallis keyensis +  and Hymenocallis kimballiae +
Hymenocallis latifolia +
Hymenocallis +
species +