Amaryllidaceae
Hardy swamplily
Crinum bulbispermum
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Crinum
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 长叶文殊兰
- English
- Hardy swamplily
- German
- Rosa Hakenlilie
- Japanese
- アフリカハマユウ
- Swedish
- Strimkrinum
Synonyms
- Amaryllis bulbisperma Burm.f.
- Amaryllis capensis Mill.
- Amaryllis longifolia var. riparia Ker Gawl.
- Amaryllis riparia Burch. ex Kunth
- Crinum bulbispermum var. sanguineum Traub
- Crinum capense Herb.
- Crinum govenium Herb.
- Crinum riparium (Herb.) Herb.
- Crinum spofforthianum Herb. ex Sweet
- Erigone govenica Salisb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.