Family: Amaryllidaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
Endemic to the West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for sandy coastal ridges and dunes in the northwestern Commonwealth (Grand Bahama, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 324, with illustrations) for grassy dunes along coasts nearly throughout the Commonwealth (regions 10-6, 4, 3).
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about the closely related
H. latifolia in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Hymenocallis declinata of Britton & Millspaugh 1920, not (Jacq.) Sweet, not (Jacq.) Roem.
