Hymenocallis Henryae
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''Hymenocallis henryae''Traub, Plant Life 18: 71. 1962. is a rare plant known only from 4 counties in northwestern
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, and Walton).Flora of North America vol 26, p 291
/ref> Common names include "green spider-lily" and "Henry’s spider-lily." The plant is a bulb-forming herb found along cypress depressions at the edge of pine woodlands. It is distinguished from other members of the
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by its pale green
tepals A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth). The term is used when these parts cannot easily be classified as either sepals or petals. This may be because the parts of the perianth are undifferentiated (i.e. of very ...
and its white funnel-form corona.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15518382 henryae Endemic flora of Florida Plants described in 1962 Flora without expected TNC conservation status