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Key to Crinum

Amaryllidaceae

Crinum

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(c) Colbeck, Micki - CC-BY
1 Leaves 7.5-12 cm wide; umbels 20-100-flowered
1 Leaves 1-5 (-7) cm wide; umbels 2-13-flowered.
(c) Horn, Jay
  2 Umbels 2-7-flowered; perianth white
    3 Scapes and pedicels reddish; [non-native]
    3 Scapes and pedicels green; [native]
(c) Horn, Jay
(c) Lindqvist, Annika - CC-BY
  2 Umbels 8-13-flowered; perianth usually at least in part reddish; [exotic].
(c) Lindqvist, Annika - CC-BY
        5 Flowers pedicellate, the pedicels ca. 4-6 cm (sometimes as short as 2 cm); bulb 6-8 cm in diameter
        5 Flowers subsessile to subsessile; bulb 12-15 cm in diameter