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Tropical Plant Database - Plant Details
Crinum asiaticum var. asiaticum
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Conservation Status
- IUCN: Not Evaluated
- USFWS: None
Family: AMARYLLIDACEAE
Genus: Crinum
Species: asiaticum
Species Author: L.
Variety: asiaticum
Vernacular: Giant Lily, Queen Emma Lily
Synonyms: Crinum amabile, Crinum augustum, Crinum procerum, Crinum zanthophyllum
Genus: Crinum
Species: asiaticum
Species Author: L.
Variety: asiaticum
Vernacular: Giant Lily, Queen Emma Lily
Synonyms: Crinum amabile, Crinum augustum, Crinum procerum, Crinum zanthophyllum
This is a sterile hybrid with blossoms that resemble Crinum augustum, but the bulbs are smaller like Crinum moorei, with a long leafy neck supporting the spreading leaves. The plant can reach 5 ft. tall and has strappy foliage from giant fleshy bulbs. The flowers are purple with white stripes, clustered on heave inflorescences that often bend and touch the ground.
Queen Emma Lily is said to come from Sumatra.
This species is known as the "Queen Emma Lily" in Hawaii. A planting exists at the Allerton Garden in Kauai in front of the Queen Emma summer cottage.
- 016008 - collected by David H. Lorence in 1994
- 016009 - collected by David H. Lorence in 1994
- 044795 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2005
- 044796 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2005
We currently have 4 herbarium specimens for Crinum asiaticum var. asiaticum in our collection. Click on any specimen below to view the herbarium sheet data.
