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Hedychium coronarium

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Name

Identification
Hedychium coronarium J. König [family ZINGIBERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Hedychium coronarium
Common name
  • butterfly lily, garland flower, white ginger (Huxley & al.)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • lili (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, KRIO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • Butterfly-lily, Flora of North America Vol. 22

Flora

Entry for Hedychium coronarium J. Konig [family ZINGIBERACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 22,
Names
Hedychium coronarium J. Konig [family ZINGIBERACEAE], in A. J. Retzius,Observ. Bot., 3: 73--74. 1783
Information
Leaf blades oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 28--48 ´ 4--7 cm. Inflorescences erect, 15--19 ´ 12--17 cm; bracts of main axis green; proximal bracts ovate, concave, 4--5.5 ´ 2--4.5 cm, apex obtuse or apiculate; distal bracts lance-oblong or ovate, 4--6 ´ 1--2.5 cm, apex rounded or apiculate. Flowers: perianth and staminodes white.
Phenology
Flowering summer--fall (Jun--Oct)
Altitude range
0--50 m
Distribution
MexicoWest IndiesCentral AmericaSouth AmericaAustralianativeAsiaAustralia.USA Fla.
Discussion
The flowers of Hedychium coronarium are very fragrant. Naturalized populations have been reported several times from southern Louisiana, but the specimens I have seen are sterile and cannot be identified with certainty. There is also an old report from near Brunswick, Georgia (J. K. Small 1933, unpublished ms.), but I have seen no specimens from the state.
Native/Introduced
introduced

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