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Common names include woodland spider-lily, hammock spider-lily or northern spider-lily. [4] Many of the other U.S. species of the genus grow in wetlands and along streambanks, but H. occidentalis can often be found in mesic forests. [1] Some of the Mexican species (e. g. H. clivorum and H. pimana) can similarly be found some distance from ...
Hymenocallis / ˌ h aɪ m ɪ n ə ˈ k æ l ɪ s / [7] (US) or / ˌ h aɪ m ɛ n oʊ ˈ k æ l ɪ s / [8] (UK) is a genus of flowering plants in the amaryllis family native to the Americas. [9]Hymenocallis contains more than 60 species of herbaceous bulbous perennials native to the southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America.
Hymenocallis latifolia (mangrove spider-lily or perfumed spider-lily) is a bulb-forming perennial that grows on beaches, sand dunes, mangrove swamps and other wetlands along the coasts of Florida, Mexico, and the West Indies (Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, etc.).
Hymenocallis littoralis, commonly known as the beach spider lily or lirio de playa, is a species of plant in the amaryllis family Amaryllidaceae. It is native to warmer coastal regions of Latin America and a widely cultivated and naturalized plant in many tropical countries.
Spider Lilies are also known as Hurricane lilies by some people because their blooming period coincides with the height of the hurricane season. Spider Lilies: Late summer bloomers put on dramatic ...
Cuscuta pacifica var. papillata, a parasitic plant found only in the salt marshes of Mendocino county; Eriogonum kelloggii, a species of buckwheat found only on Red Mountain near Leggett; Harmonia guggolziorum, a flowering aster found in two locations near Hopland; Limnanthes bakeri, a meadowfarm plant known in only 20 locations near Willits
Hymenocallis caribaea is a bulb-forming perennial plant known for its striking white flowers. The plant features leaves that can grow up to 80 cm long. The flower structure, known as an umbel, can contain as many as 12 flowers. Each flower has narrowly linear tepals that can reach up to 10 cm in length, usually drooping at the time of flowering.
A 2001 study by the California Native Plant Society estimated 6,300 native plants. These estimates continue to change over time. [2] Of California's total plant population, 2,153 species, subspecies, and varieties are endemic and native to California alone, according to the 1993 Jepson Manual study. [4]