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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis

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

Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis

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

Hymenocallis caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hymenocallis occidentalis

 

COMMON NAME:
Hammock Spiderlily, Woodland Spiderlily, Northern Spiderlily


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image of Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis, Hammock Spiderlily, Woodland Spiderlily, Northern Spiderlily

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_hyca9_001_lvd

        

image of Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis, Hammock Spiderlily, Woodland Spiderlily, Northern Spiderlily

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hyoc2_001_lvd

        

image of Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis, Hammock Spiderlily, Woodland Spiderlily, Northern Spiderlily

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_occidentalis_48

August        

Grows well in upland mesic forests, sometimes distant from a river or stream, per Flora of North America.

image of Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis, Hammock Spiderlily, Woodland Spiderlily, Northern Spiderlily

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_occidentalis_57

August        

Staminal cup [corona] less than 4.5cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis, Hammock Spiderlily, Woodland Spiderlily, Northern Spiderlily

Dan Whitten    sdw_20200807_151759

August        AL

Inflorescence 3-7 flowered, rarely 2-flowered, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis, Hammock Spiderlily, Woodland Spiderlily, Northern Spiderlily

Dan Whitten    sdw_spiderlily3

August        AL

Leaves linear, 2-4cm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hymenocallis occidentalis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3416

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic soils of slopes and floodplain forests, gabbro glades and other calcareous upland flats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in GA & SC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in SC (historically in NC but not recently seen)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Flowers are sessile.
6 tepals
6 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in an umbel

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Capsule

 

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