OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hymenocallis pygmaea   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hymenocallis pygmaea   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Hymenocallis pygmaea

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

Hymenocallis pygmaea

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Hymenocallis palmeri

 

COMMON NAME:
Pygmy Spiderlily, Waccamaw Spiderlily, dwarf spiderlily


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image of Hymenocallis pygmaea, Pygmy Spiderlily, Waccamaw Spiderlily, dwarf spiderlily

Mark Garland / USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database    pnd_hypy2_002_pvp

May    Columbus County    NC

image of Hymenocallis pygmaea, Pygmy Spiderlily, Waccamaw Spiderlily, dwarf spiderlily

Mark Garland / USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database    pnd_hypy2_004_pvp

May    Columbus County    NC

Leaves all basal, linear, to 16" long, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022).

image of Hymenocallis pygmaea, Pygmy Spiderlily, Waccamaw Spiderlily, dwarf spiderlily

Mark Garland / USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database    pnd_hypy2_005_lhp

May    Columbus County    NC

Lower portions of filaments united in a crown; perianth segments narrow, linear, 2-2.5" long, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hymenocallis pygmaea   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hymenocallis pygmaea   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hymenocallis palmeri

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4861

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Banks of blackwater rivers, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

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

Flowers in an umbel

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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