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Hymenocallis occidentalis
Also called Carolina Spider Lily, Hammock Spider Lily, Northern Spider Lily, Woodland Spider Lily
Hymenocallis occidentalis is a plant species native to the southern United States. It is known along the Gulf Coast from South Carolina to Texas, and in the Mississippi Valley as far north as southern Illinois and Indiana. It is also cultivated as an ornamental elsewhere because of its showy, sweet-smelling flowers. Common names include woodland spider-lily, hammock spider-lily or northern spider-lily.
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. Some of the Mexican species (e. g. H. clivorum and H. pimana) can similarly be found some distance from waterways.
Hymenocallis acutifolia · Hymenocallis baumlii · Caribbean spiderlily · Choctaw spiderlily · Hymenocallis clivorum · Shoals spiderlily · Coastal Carolina Spiderlily · Hymenocallis durangoensis · Dixie spiderlily · Hymenocallis eucharidifolia · Franklin spiderlily · Godfrey's spiderlily
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hymenocallis occidentalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
