Amaryllidaceae
Florida swamp lily
Crinum americanum
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Crinum
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Common names
By language (5)
- Bangla
- ক্রিনাম আমেরিকানাম
- Chinese
- 北美文殊兰, 北美文殊蘭, 美洲文珠兰
- English
- Florida swamp lily, Seven sisters, Florida swamp-lily, Southern swamp crinum
- Persian
- کرینوم آمریکایی
- Swedish
- Sumpkrinum
Synonyms
- Bulbine uncinata Moench
- Crinum americanum var. americanum
- Crinum americanum var. traubii (Moldenke) L.S.Hannibal
- Crinum caribaeum Baker
- Crinum ceruleum Raf.
- Crinum commelyni DC.
- Crinum conicum M.Roem.
- Crinum floridanum Griseb.
- Crinum herbertianum Schult.f.
- Crinum longiflorum Herb.
- Crinum roozenianum O'Brien
- Crinum strictum Herb.
- Crinum strictum var. traubii Moldenke
- Crinum texanum L.S.Hannibal
- Scadianus multiflorus Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Robert Kampf, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Robert Kampf, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: accidentalshrike, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: William Wattles, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.