Crinum asiaticum
Crinum
poison bulb, tree crinum
string-lily, swamp-lily
25 cm or more × 10–12 cm.
numerous, 10 dm or more × 7.5–12 cm;
blade ensiform, gradually tapering to apex.
basal, thick;
blade lorate or ensiform, not narrowed near base.
stout, 2-edged.
solid.
umbellate, few- to many-flowered, subtended by 2 large, lanceolate, scarious bracts.
20–100-flowered.
perianth white, salverform, tube 3–7.5 cm, limb lobes linear, 7.5 × 1–1.5 cm;
pedicel 1–2 cm.
sessile or pedicellate;
perianth connate proximally, red to white, often striped, streaked, or overlaid with red abaxially, funnelform to salverform to semicampanulate, tube straight to curved, ca. same length as limb lobes;
stamens inserted on perianth tube throat;
filaments thin, often declinate;
ovary inferior, globose;
style slender;
stigma capitate.
capsular, globose or subglobose, usually prominently beaked.
to 5 cm diam., beak long.
fleshy, testa often corky.
Crinum asiaticum
Crinum
Crinum asiaticum is a robust and highly variable species that is distinguished by its very broad leaves. The bulb is reputed to be poisonous.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Species ca. 100 (4 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Flowers sessile or nearly so. | → 2 |
1. Flowers distinctly pedicellate. | → 3 |
2. Perianth white. | C. americanum |
2. Perianth purplish red, particularly abaxially. | C. zeylanicum |
3. Perianth pink to red; leaves 3–5 cm wide; umbels 8–13-flowered. | C. bulbispermum |
3. Perianth white; leaves 7.5–12 cm wide; umbels 20–100-flowered. | C. asiaticum |
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