Amaryllidaceae
Beach spiderlily
Hymenocallis littoralis
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Hymenocallis
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Common names
By language (6)
- Bangla
- ভুঁই লিলি, মনোরঞ্জনী
- Chinese
- 水鬼蕉, 引水蕉
- English
- Beach spiderlily, Spider lily
- Indonesian
- Bakungan
- Spanish
- Lirio arana, Lirio araña
- Swedish
- Strandspindellilja
Synonyms
- Hymenocallis adnata Herb.
- Hymenocallis adnata var. disticha (Sims) Herb.
- Hymenocallis adnata var. driandrina Herb.
- Hymenocallis adnata var. dryanderi (Ker Gawl.) Kunth
- Hymenocallis adnata var. princeps Herb.
- Hymenocallis adnata var. staplesiana Herb.
- Hymenocallis americana (Mill.) M.Roem.
- Hymenocallis americana f. disticha (Herb.) Voss
- Hymenocallis americana f. dryanderi (Ker Gawl.) Voss
- Hymenocallis americana f. dryandri (Ker Gawl.) Voss
- Hymenocallis americana f. staplesiana (Herb.) Voss
- Hymenocallis arenaria M.Roem.
- Hymenocallis biflora K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
- Hymenocallis disticha (Sims) Herb.
- Hymenocallis dryanderi (Ker Gawl.) M.Roem.
- Hymenocallis dryandri (Ker Gawl.) Roem.
- Hymenocallis insignis Kunth
- Hymenocallis littoralis var. disticha (Sims) Herb.
- Hymenocallis littoralis var. dryanderi (Ker Gawl.) Herb. ex Sims
- Hymenocallis littoralis var. dryandri (Ker Gawl.) Herb.
- Hymenocallis littoralis var. longituba Herb.
- Hymenocallis niederleinii Pax
- Hymenocallis panamensis Lindl.
- Hymenocallis pedalis Herb.
- Hymenocallis peruviana M.Roem.
- Hymenocallis senegambica Kunth & C.D.Bouché
- Hymenocallis stapelsiana (Herb.) M.Roem.
- Hymenocallis staplesii Sweet
- Hymenocallis tenuiflora Herb.
- Pancratium americanum Mill.
- Pancratium distichum Sims
- Pancratium dryanderi Ker Gawl.
- Pancratium littorale Jacq.
- Pancratium littorale var. dryanderi (Ker Gawl.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Pancratium littorale var. dryandri (Ker Gawl.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Pancratium pedale Schult.f.
- Pancratium pediale Lodd.
- Pancratium staplesii Steud.
- Pancratium tenuiflorum (Herb.) Herb. ex Steud.
- Troxistemon distichus (Sims) Raf.
and 3 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: MaheSwara, CC0, 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.