General Plant Information (Edit)
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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Common names
  • Crinum
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Crinum ornatum
  • Synonym: Crinum scabrum
  • Synonym: Crinum sanderianum

Photo Gallery
Location: North Carolina, USA
Date: June 13, 2006.
Recently potted plant blooming.
Location: North Carolina, USA
Date: June 11, 2007
Mature flower.
Location: North Carolina, USA
Date: August 8, 2006
Potted specimens showing characteristic undulate margins.
Location: Lowndesboro AL
Date: 2014-06-07
Location: North Carolina, USA
Date: August 8, 2006
Fruit developing. Notice the \"beaks\" extending above the fruits

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