Hymenocallis rotata
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Hymenocallis rotata, Herb. (H. lacera, Salisb. Pancratium rotatuml, Ker). Bulb ovoid, 2 in. or less diam., with a long neck and producing stolons or runners: lvs. 6-8, linear, 1 ½ ft. or less long,flat above but concave toward the base: scape 2-edged, glaucous, about as long as the lvs.; umbel sessile, with 2-6 fls.; tube green. 3-4 in. long, exceeded by the linear, often recurved lobes; cup saucer-shaped or rotate, irregularly toothed, the free part of the filaments 1 ½ in. long. N. C. to Fla. in low places and in sandy soil. B.M. 827. L.B.C. 1:19.—Variable, particularly in the dimensions of the fl. Spring or early summer.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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