Hymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis

Leaves appearing in late winter, fresh at anthesis, then dying off, arching outward, to 6 cm wide. Scape bracts lanceolate, 4.5-7 cm. 2n = 52, 54.

Flowering summer--early fall. Floodplain forests, hammocks, meadows, wooded hillsides; 0--1100 m; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., S.C., Tenn.