Alligatorlily
Hymenocallis palmeri
Found in cypress swamps; wet pine flatwoods, disturbed wet areas. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you
Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
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Recorded in 28 Florida counties.
Natural habitats
Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement.
Habitats
Swamps; pine flatwoods; disturbed and introduced wetlands.
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. All habitats
Also found with this plant
Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Florida. Shared habitat, not food. 195 animals.
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
Who uses this plant?
1CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL
Genus host records with ranges including FL · Hymenocallis
- Xanthopastis regnatrixConvict Caterpillar, Spanish Quaker, Spanish Moth
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claimNo records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Florida rank | S4S5 |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| FL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Atlas of Florida Plants
- FloraQuest: Florida (Weakley), phone app (app page)
- NatureServe Explorer
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications