Zingiberaceae
Cream garland-lily
Hedychium flavescens
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Hedychium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Cream garland-lily
Flowers
- In flower
- March to January (from 140 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Loïc Mathieu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: David Anderson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Oliver E, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harshad Sharma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tara Severns, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tara Severns, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.