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An unknown Florida native Swamp Lily?
Crinum americanum Punta Rassa Giant
by Mark Hooten, the Garden Doc
This unknown Florida native form of Crinum americanum might actually
represent an unpublished species! We have a few of these, they are very special
and now nearly 2 years old plants.
This most beautiful and fragrant of Florida's native lilies, most commonly
known simply as "Swamp Lily", has a very wide native range, extending from
the Everglades northward across all of the Gulf states. While being wide-spread
in distribution, natural colonies generally occur widely separated from one
another, often by miles. Because isolation of breeding populations often
leads to speciation due to intense in-breeding, many of these populations develop
traits which make them distinct...
