About Hymenocallis palmeri S.Watson
Hymenocallis palmeri is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family, commonly known by the common name alligator-lily. This species is endemic to Florida, where it grows in cypress swamps, wet meadows, open pine woodlands, and along wet roadsides. Hymenocallis palmeri produces egg-shaped bulbs that can reach up to 4 centimeters across. Its leaves are bluish green, growing up to 65 centimeters long and 10 millimeters wide. The plant bears umbel inflorescences that hold only 1 or 2 flowers; if an umbel has 2 flowers, they open one at a time. The flowers are erect and funnel-shaped, white in color with a greenish eye at the center, and small teeth along the margins of the staminal corona. Its seeds are green and egg-shaped, measuring up to 20 millimeters in diameter.
