Amaryllidaceae
River crinum lily
Crinum viviparum
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Crinum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- River crinum lily
Synonyms
- Amaryllis coenosa Herb.Ham. ex Hook.f.
- Amaryllis vivipara Lam.
- Crinum defixum Ker Gawl.
- Crinum defixum f. stephenhassardii Traub
- Crinum defixum var. ensifolium (Roxb.) Baker
- Crinum ensifolium Roxb.
- Crinum roxburghii Dalzell & A.Gibson
- Crinum viviparum var. ensifolium (Baker) R.Ansari & V.J.Nair
Flowers
- In flower
- March, July, September, November (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos

FlowerPhoto: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, 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). About our plant data.