Schoenolirion croceum (Michx.) Alph.Wood is a plant in the Asparagaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Schoenolirion croceum (Michx.) Alph.Wood

Schoenolirion croceum (Michx.) Alph.Wood

Schoenolirion croceum, or yellow sunnybell, is a yellow-flowered Agave subfamily plant native to the Southeastern United States.

Family
Genus
Schoenolirion
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Schoenolirion croceum (Michx.) Alph.Wood

Schoenolirion croceum, commonly called yellow sunnybell, sunnybells, and swamp candle, is a flowering plant species that belongs to the Agave subfamily. It is native to the Southeastern United States, ranging from Texas to North Carolina. This species grows in moist rock outcrops, wet pinelands, and habitats that are very wet in spring but become dry in summer. In middle Tennessee, it grows in spring-fed, fen-like areas within cedar glades. Further south, it lives in wet pine savannas and bogs. It produces yellow flowers during the spring.

Photo: (c) Jamie Newman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jamie Newman · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Asparagaceae Schoenolirion

More from Asparagaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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