Hymenocallis coronaria

Bulb nonrhizomatous, globose, 4–8 × 3.5–7.5 cm; basal plate 1–2 cm; neck 2.5–3.5 cm; tunic brown. Leaves deciduous, 3–6, erect, (3.8–)5–9.5 dm × 1.5–4.5 cm, coriaceous; blade prominently channeled proximally, becoming expanded and reflexed in distal 1/3, liguliform, apex acute. Scape 4–12.5 dm, 2-edged, glaucous; scape bracts 2, enclosing buds, 4–6.5 × 1.5–2 cm; subtending floral bracts 3.5–4 × ca. 1 cm. Flowers 3–7(–12), opening sequentially, fragrant; perianth tube green, 4.5–7.5(–9) cm; tepals ascending, white, tinged green at base, 6.5–10 cm × 5.5–9 mm; corona white with prominent yellowish green eye, broadly funnelform to chalicelike, tubulose proximally, 4.5–7 × 5–8.5 cm, margins between free portions of filaments often with 2 prominent dentations; free portions of filaments inserted on flat sinal base, incurved, white, 1–2 cm; anthers 1–1.7 cm, pollen golden; ovary ovoid, 1–1.8 cm × 5–10 mm, ovules 2–4 per locule; style green in distal 1/3, fading into white, 11–18 cm. Capsules subglobose, 3 × 3 cm. Seeds elongate, 2.5–4.3 × 1.2–2.1 cm. 2n = 44.

3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun

Hymenocallis Coronaria

Hymenocallis coronaria

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