Family: Amaryllidaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
Native Range:
South America; widely cultivated and sometimes naturalized.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Not listed in Britton & Millspaugh (1920). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 327-328, with illustrations) for wet soil in disturbed areas, vacant lots and open, grassy slopes scattered nearly throughout the Archipelago (10, 8, 4, 3).
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website.