Hymenocallis_pygmaea

<i>Hymenocallis pygmaea</i>

Hymenocallis pygmaea

Species of flowering plant

Hymenocallis pygmaea Traub is a plant in the Amaryllidaceae found in the wild only in North Carolina and South Carolina. Common name is dwarf spider-lily, and it is cultivated as an ornamental in some regions.[1][2][3][4]

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Hymenocallis pygmaea is a bulb-forming herb found in bogs and along stream banks It is considerably smaller than most other species of Hymenocallis, with a scape rarely more the 40 cm tall. Leaves are up to 40 cm long but rarely more than 30 mm wide. The umbel contains only 1 or 2 flowers, white with a green center and a lemony scent.[1][2]

References

  1. [1]
    Traub, Hamilton Paul Traub. Plant Life 18: 70. 1962.
  2. [2]
    Flora of North America vol 26, p 288.
  3. [3]
    Plant Delights Nursery, The Woodlands Texas/
  4. [4]
    "Gardening Europe, Linguette, Hymenocallis pygmaea". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
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