Family: Amaryllis (Amarylldaceae)

Description: Native to Florida the String or Swamp lily is an emersed plant that grows in wetlands and along streams. It is a fragrant native. There are three species of Crinum in Florida (Wunderlin, 1998). Swamp lily is found in the southeastern U.S. (Kartesz, 1999).

The swamp lily is a perennial herb with an onionlike bulb. The leaves are erect to spreading. Leaves are straplike, to three feet long. The leaves are to three inches wide. Swamp lily flowers arise from the bulb on a long flower stalk that is separate from the leaves. The flowers have six petals and are white or white and pink.

Blooms: All year

Found: Along swamps, pond margins and creek banks of peninsular and northern Florida and along the Gulf coast to Texas.