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Water Spider Lily (Hymenocallis caroliniana): Fragrant Wetland Beauty

Water Spider Lily (Hymenocallis caroliniana), also called Carolina Spider Lily, is a native southeastern U.S. perennial that thrives in wet soils — swamps, pond margins, and stream banks. It produces large, fragrant, white spider-like flowers with long, narrow, reflexed petals and a prominent central cup in summer. A stunning addition to water gardens and boggy areas.

Taxonomic Information

Family:Amaryllidaceae (am-uh-ril-id-AY-see-ee)
Genus:Hymenocallis (hy-men-oh-KAL-is)
Species:caroliniana (kair-oh-lin-ee-AN-uh)
Synonym:Hymenocallis rotata
Synonym:Hymenocallis occidentalis

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