NameThatPlant.net: Schoenolirion albiflorum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Schoenolirion albiflorum FAMILY Agavaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenolirion albiflorum FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Schoenolirion albiflorum

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

Schoenolirion albiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Schoenolirion albiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Schoenolirion albiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Oxytria albiflora

COMMON NAME:
White Sunnybell

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image of Schoenolirion albiflorum, White Sunnybell

Keith Bradley kab_s_albiflorum_72297

June Miami-Dade County FL

Everglades National Park

White 3/8" flowers borne singly at the tips of long slender stalks, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Schoenolirion albiflorum FAMILY Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenolirion albiflorum FAMILY Liliaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Schoenolirion albiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Schoenolirion albiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Schoenolirion albiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxytria albiflora

3150

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pinelands, cypress depressions, Hypericum depressions, wet hammocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare in GA

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (plant scapose)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/ Greenish-white
Radially symmetrical
6 persistent tepals
6 stamens
Superior ovary

Inflorescence racemose

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

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