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Hymenocallis coronaria
Also called Cahaba Lily, Rocky Shoals Spider Lily, Shoals Spider Lily
Shoals spiderlily is an aquatic perennial bulb that grows in fast, shallow, rocky river shoals and blooms with fragrant white flowers from May to June. Its key requirements are full sun and steady, moving shallow water over rock.
Hymenocallis coronaria, commonly known as the Cahaba lily, shoal lily, or shoals spider-lily, is an aquatic, perennial flowering plant species of the genus Hymenocallis. It is endemic to the Southeastern United States, being found only in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. Within Alabama, it is known as the Cahaba lily; elsewhere it is known as the Shoal lily or Shoals spider-lily.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hymenocallis coronaria by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
