Common names (English):

Spider Lily, Beach Lily

Local name (Kannada):

Habit: Herb

Distribution:

Native of Tropical America.

Use: Ornamental

Description:

Bulbous herbs, bulbs globose, to 8 cm wide. Leaves radical, 2-ranked, oblong, to 100 cm long. Scape to 60 cm; umbels c. 8-flowered. Perianth-tube 12 cm; lobes 6, linear, white, erect. Stamens 6, inserted in the throat. Ovary inferior, 3-celled; ovules 4-5 per cell, sub-basal; style longer than stamens.

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