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Hymenocallis littoralis
white flower with a round center petal with strands resembling whiskers
landscapes and gardens
the locals say it medicinal....
Yes, there are many common names. That's what's appealing about Scientific names (in theory at least), as there is one and only one for each species :-)
Sometimes depending where you live in the world they have their own unique name of animals and plants which makes me confused until I joined Project Noah that helped me identified all species...Thanks guys.
This spotting is as C. Sydes says, a spider lily. Cat's whiskers, the one that I know of, is like this http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/114...
I always thought of Peruvian lilies as being more colorful, isn't this a Spider lily, genus Hymenocallis (assuming the photographed plant is from a garden and not a native of Malaysia), possibly H. littoralis although there are 60 species to choose from apparently
I have always called these Peruvian Lilies. We have someting different in Florida called Cat's Whiskers.
Spotted on Nov 26, 2012
Submitted on Nov 26, 2012
