Family: Lily (Liliaceae)

The Spanish Bayonet, with its bristly tussock or rosette of spiky, rigid leaves, is distinctive. The eastern species has loose thread on the leaf margins. The numerous, greenish-white bell-like flowers are on a woody central stalk.

Height: 5 to 10 feet

Found: Sandy soil, sterile gound, dunes and pine barrens.

Blooms: June to September