Schoenolirion croceum

Sunnybells
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Schoenolirion
Species: S. croceum
Binomial name
Schoenolirion croceum
(Michx.) Alph. Wood

Schoenolirion croceum, known by the common names yellow sunnybell,[1] sunnybells and swamp candle,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the Agave subfamily. It is native to the Southeastern United States from Texas to North Carolina.[3][4] It is found on moist rock outcrops and in wet pinelands. It is found in habitats that very wet in the spring and dry in the summer. In middle Tennessee, it is found in fen-like areas in cedar glades, fed by spring water. Further south, it inhabits wet pine savannas and bogs.[2][5]

It produces yellow flowers in the spring.

References

  1. ↑ "Schoenolirion croceum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America
  3. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  5. ↑ Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States


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