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Crinum americanum
Sp. Pl. 1: 292. 1753.
IllustratedEndemic
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 |
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basifixed +
sheathing +
herbaceous +
dilated +
lorate +
narrow +
absent +
lanceolate +
large +
scarious +
solid +
fleshy +
declinate +
slender +
thin +
sessile +
single +
capsular +
beaked +
simple +
persistent +
basal +
equaling +
scabrous +
(2-)3(-4)-locular +
inferior +
globose +
many;several +
white +
connate +
showy +
salverform +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
solid +
wind-distributed +
fleshy +
staminodial +
fertile +
capitate +
distinct +
slender +
Crinum americanum +
Crinum +
species +
absent +
greener +
straight;curved +
equal +
narrower +
2-7-flowered +
scapose +
perennial +
woody +