Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Asphodelaceae
Asphodelaceae
Description:
Species Description - Acaulescent, or nearly so, stoloniferous. Leaves 3-6 dm. long, narrowly lanceolate, long-acuminate, turgid, very watery within, pale glaucous-green, the marginal spiny teeth 1 cm. apart or less; scape stout, 6-12 dm. high, bearing distant, broad, acute scales; raceme dense, 1-3 dm. long; bracts lanceolate, acute, longer than the short pedicels; flowers yellow, about 2.5 cm. long; stamens about as long as the perianth, the style longer.
Species Description - Acaulescent, or nearly so, stoloniferous. Leaves 3-6 dm. long, narrowly lanceolate, long-acuminate, turgid, very watery within, pale glaucous-green, the marginal spiny teeth 1 cm. apart or less; scape stout, 6-12 dm. high, bearing distant, broad, acute scales; raceme dense, 1-3 dm. long; bracts lanceolate, acute, longer than the short pedicels; flowers yellow, about 2.5 cm. long; stamens about as long as the perianth, the style longer.
Distribution:
Cat Island Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Bermuda South America| West Indies| Central America|
Cat Island Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Bermuda South America| West Indies| Central America|