Godfrey'S Spiderlily (Hymenocallis godfreyi)
Description
Hymenocallis godfreyi (Godfrey's spiderlily) is a plant in the Amaryllidaceae. The plant is a rare endemic known only from marshes near Fort San Marcos de Apalache on the St. Mark-s River in Wakulla County, Florida. Some of its range lies inside St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. It is a bulb-forming perennial which spreads by means of underground rhizomes. It has narrow, yellowish-green leaves; broadly funnel-shaped staminal corona, with irregular edges. Each plant produces only two flowers, one opening slightly earlier than the other, each one white with a green eye.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Amaryllidaceae
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Genus: Hymenocallis
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