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Crinum americanum
Sp. Pl. 1: 292. 1753.
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Bulbs 3.5–6 cm diam., neck 4–6 cm. Leaves 10–15 dm × 1–4 (–7) cm; blade lorate, margins usually scabrous. Scape equaling leaves. Umbels 2–7-flowered. Flowers sessile; perianth white, salverform, tube 6–15 cm, limb lobes linear, narrowly elliptic, or oblanceolate, 5–15 × 1–1.5 cm. Capsules 2.5–4.5 × 2.5–4 cm, beak 1–8 cm.
Distribution
se, sc United States.
Discussion
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Key
1 | Umbels 2–5-flowered. | Crinum americanum var. americanum |
1 | Umbels 6–7-flowered | Crinum americanum var. traubii |