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Crinum asiaticum

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Amaryllidaceae Genus: Crinum

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Only found in cultivation
Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 292 (1753)

Other References

Staples & Herbst 2005:684 (KEY, DESCR); Faccenda 2024a:73 (NEWNAT/O); Faccenda, Arthur, et al. 2025:153 (K)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Crinum asiaticum Haleiwa, Waimea Arboretum Growing in living collections. Preserved_Specimen No data provided by collector. Cory, C. 15 Oahu BISH
2 Crinum asiaticum Honolulu; V. H. Duker Garden Preserved_Specimen Plant in large clumps; peduncle 1 m tall; flwrs white. Fosberg, F.R. 9391 Oahu BISH 1933-01-01
3 Crinum asiaticum Along Hwy 83 about 1 km N of Swanzy Beach Park About 10 m from beach, coastal. Preserved_Specimen About 20 plants seen, naturalized and spreading. Base of plants 10-20 cm wide. Leaves to 1.5 m long, somewhat leathery / succulent. Flowering and fruiting, flowers white, stamens and stigmas reddish purple, ~ 30 flowers in dense umbel. Each flower subtend Faccenda, K. 2687 Oahu BISH 2022-08-23
4 Crinum asiaticum BYU-HC Campus Sandy clay. Preserved_Specimen Herbaceous 4' high ornamental; flat fleshy lvs. McCulloch, R. 20 Oahu BISH 1975-04-11
5 Crinum asiaticum Laie; BYU-HC Loam soil Preserved_Specimen White flwr; long thick linear lvs. Ziegelbauer, K. 7 Oahu BISH 1975-04-02
6 Crinum asiaticum Haleiwa, Waimea Arboretum Growing in living collections. Preserved_Specimen No data provided by collector. Cory, C. 17 Oahu BISH
7 Crinum asiaticum Honolulu: Kalihi; Bishop Museum; Atherton Halau In partial shade. Preserved_Specimen Clump consisting of three rosettes, each having a pseudo-stem 0.1 m long; scape 0.6-1.0 m long; flwrs white, sweetly fragrant (noon). Lau, J. 1084 Oahu BISH 1985-06-13
8 Crinum asiaticum Honolulu: Kalihi; Bishop Museum; Atherton Halau In partial shade. Preserved_Specimen Clump consisting of three rosettes, each having a pseudo-stem 0.1 m long; scape 0.6-1.0 m long; flwrs white, sweetly fragrant (noon). Lau, J. 1084 Oahu BISH 1985-06-13
9 Crinum asiaticum Haleiwa, Waimea Arboretum Growing in living collections. Preserved_Specimen No data provided by collector. Cory, C. 17 Oahu BISH
10 Crinum asiaticum Mokuleia Garden. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 26848 Oahu BISH 1957-07-01
11 Crinum asiaticum Honolulu; V. H. Duker Garden Preserved_Specimen Plant in large clumps; peduncle 1 m tall; flwrs white. Fosberg, F.R. 9394 Oahu BISH 1933-04-01
12 Crinum asiaticum Nuuanu Valley, Luakaha In damp shaded garden. Preserved_Specimen Flrs white, fragrant, upper half of filaments red. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1941-06-12
13 Crinum asiaticum University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, East-West Road, in garden on SW side of Henke Hall Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Plant ca. 1.25 m tall, tepals with tube green at base, upper portion of tube and lobes white, filaments pink, anthers yellow. Birch, J.L. 398 Oahu BISH 2011-04-27
14 Crinum asiaticum Koloa Dist.; Lawai Valley, NTBG HQ at S end of Papalina Road Preserved_Specimen Herb 1 m tall w/short, stout pseudostem 15 cm diam.; lvs clustered, concave; infl. axillary, bracts papery; flwrs ca. 40, tube green, tepals white, style purple, filaments purple, white at base. Lorence, D.H. 7440 Kauai BISH 1994-02-10
15 Crinum asiaticum Hauula; top of beach Preserved_Specimen Flowers reddish without. St.John, H. 10133 Oahu BISH 1929-12-29
16 Crinum asiaticum Hauula; top of beach Preserved_Specimen Flowers reddish without. St.John, H. 10133 Oahu BISH 1929-12-29
17 Crinum asiaticum Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Topping, D.L. 1468 Oahu BISH 1928-01-10
18 Crinum asiaticum Koloa Dist.; Lawai Valley, NTBG HQ at S end of Papalina Road Preserved_Specimen Herb 1 m tall w/short, stout pseudostem 15 cm diam.; lvs clustered, concave; infl. axillary, bracts papery; flwrs ca. 40, tube green, tepals white, style purple, filaments purple, white at base. Lorence, D.H. 7440 Kauai BISH 1994-02-10
19 Crinum asiaticum Kalaheo; Lauoho Road Preserved_Specimen See original label for very detailed description with 32 lines of text. Hume, L. 438 Kauai BISH 1989-10-25
20 Crinum asiaticum Foster Botanic Gardens Preserved_Specimen Leaf 50+ x 6 in. (at 14 below the tip). Ca. 32 very fragrant flwrs in the umbel: 6 spreading perianth segments light rose-purple, rest of flwr wine-purple (tube, style, filaments, peduncvle, spathes). Potter, C. Oahu BISH 1959-05-27
21 Crinum asiaticum Kalaheo; Lauoho Road Preserved_Specimen See original label for very detailed description with 32 lines of text. Hume, L. 438 Kauai BISH 1989-10-25
22 Crinum asiaticum Honolulu; Capitol grounds, in 3 different locations Preserved_Specimen Flrs white, fragrant, filaments ± red-purple; ovary has 1 ovule in each cell. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1952-07-28
23 Crinum asiaticum Honolulu; 2859 Manoa Road Preserved_Specimen Flrs white, fragrant, upper part of style & stamens purple-red. Cooke, C.M. Oahu BISH 1943-08-03
24 Crinum asiaticum Foster Botanic Gardens Preserved_Specimen Leaf 50+ x 6 in. (at 14 below the tip). Ca. 32 very fragrant flwrs in the umbel: 6 spreading perianth segments light rose-purple, rest of flwr wine-purple (tube, style, filaments, peduncvle, spathes). Potter, C. Oahu BISH 1959-05-27
25 Crinum asiaticum Kalaheo; Lauoho Road Preserved_Specimen See original label for very detailed description with 32 lines of text. Hume, L. 438 Kauai BISH 1989-10-25
26 Crinum asiaticum Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 41422 Oahu BISH 1960-10-25
27 Crinum asiaticum Haleiwa, Waimea Arboretum Growing in living collections. Preserved_Specimen No data provided by collector. Cory, C. 15 Oahu BISH
28 Crinum asiaticum Waimea Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Cory, C. 16 Oahu BISH
29 Crinum asiaticum Waimea Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Cory, C. 16 Oahu BISH
30 Crinum asiaticum Mokuleia Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 30141 Oahu BISH 1965-08-01
31 Crinum asiaticum Laie; BYU-HC Loam soil. Grow near beaches & sea, roadsides or garden. Preserved_Specimen White flwr, fragrant, stalkless, at top of a thick flattened stem; flwrs 3 to 8 at top of stem, flwr part 6, narrow, ca. 4 long. Tiu, C. 43 Oahu BISH 1975-04-02
32 Crinum asiaticum Niumalu Bay Naturalized in meadow. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 2113 Kauai BISH 1926-06-14
33 Crinum asiaticum University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, East-West Road, in garden on SW side of Henke Hall Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Plant ca. 1.25 m tall, tepals with tube green at base, upper portion of tube and lobes white, filaments pink, anthers yellow. Birch, J.L. 398 Oahu BISH 2011-04-27
34 Crinum asiaticum Laie; BYU-HC Campus Silty loam. Common ornamental yard plant. Preserved_Specimen Large herb to 6' tall; very large broad lvs; white flwrs; globose frts. Afualo, D. 80 Oahu BISH 1975-03-17
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