PLANTS Profile for Crinum americanum (seven sisters)

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PLANTS Profile

Crinum americanum L.
seven sisters

Symbol:

CRAM2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Crinum americanum L.

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Synonyms:
Crinum americanum L.

	CRFL16	Crinum floridanum Fraser ex Steud.
	CRST3	Crinum strictum Herb.
	CRSTT	Crinum strictum Herb. var. traubii Moldenke

Distribution:
Crinum americanum L.


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX)

Related Taxa:
Crinum americanum L.

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 6 species in Crinum

Classification:
Crinum americanum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Crinum L. – swamplily
Species	Crinum americanum L. – seven sisters

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Crinum americanum L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Crinum strictum:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW+

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Crinum americanum L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 182710.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 08:46 PM CDT