Amaryllidaceae
Streambank spiderlily
Hymenocallis rotata
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Hymenocallis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Streambank spiderlily
Synonyms
- Hymenocallis disciformis (DC.) M.Roem.
- Hymenocallis floridana (Raf.) C.V.Morton
- Hymenocallis floridana subsp. amplifolia Traub
- Hymenocallis lacera var. minor Chapm.
- Hymenocallis laciniata Small
- Hymenocallis mexicana (L.) Herb.
- Hymenocallis paludosa Salisb.
- Hymenocallis rotata var. disciformis (Redouté) Herb.
- Hymenocallis rotata var. quadrifolia Herb.
- Ismene knightii Knowles & Westc.
- Pancratium carribaeum Mill.
- Pancratium disciforme Redouté
- Pancratium rotatum Ker Gawl.
- Pancratium rotatum var. biflorum Ker Gawl.
- Pancratium rotatum var. pluriflorum Ker Gawl.
- Tomodon floridanum Raf.
- Tomodon rotatum (Ker Gawl.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: Justin Meissen from St Paul, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Justin Meissen from St Paul, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.