| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Underground structures: | Bulb |
| Uses: | Cut Flower Will Naturalize |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies Hummingbirds |
| Toxicity: | Other: All parts are poisonous if ingested |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Start indoors Other info: first flowering when grown from seed usually occurs in 3-8 years |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Offsets Bulbs Other: some old and established bulbs can be huge, weighing up to 40 lbs; crinums do not like transplanting |
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![Location: Crinum zeylanicum L. var. ornatum in Burkina Faso
By Marco Schmidt [1] (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecom](/pics/2013-01-28/SongofJoy/d8a891-250.jpg "Location: Crinum zeylanicum L. var. ornatum in Burkina Faso
By Marco Schmidt [1] (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecom")