General Landscape Uses:
Showy addition to the edges of ponds.
Availability:
Grown by enthusiasts.
Description: Lily with 3-7 shiny green leaves, each 8-20 inches long and one half to one inch wide. Fragrant white flowers usually in pairs up to 20 inches above the ground.
Dimensions: Typically 1 foot in height.
Range:
Endemic to central and south Florida from Manatee, Hardee, and Indian River counties scattered south to Dade county.
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Habitats: Marshes and wet prairies.
Soils: Wet to moist, moderately well-drained to periodically inundated sandy, limestone, or organic soils, with or without humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements: Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
Salt Water Tolerance: Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance: Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance: Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements: Moderate to light shade.
Flower Color: White.
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: Early to mid spring.
Fruit: One-inch obvoid seeds.
Horticultural Notes: Rhizomatous bulb.
Comments: We are currently adding data for this species. If you would like to contribute to the development of this species account, please contact George Gann via the IRC staff page.
