PLANTS Profile for Hedychium flavescens (cream garland-lily)

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PLANTS Profile

Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe
cream garland-lily

Symbol:

HEFL5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Zingiberaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

HI		I
PR		I

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Photo of Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Royal Botanic Gardens. March 13, 2002. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe

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Synonyms:
Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe

HEFL12

Hedychium flavum auct. non Roxb.

Distribution:
Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe


View Native Status

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USA (HI), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe

View 12 genera in Zingiberaceae, 3 species in Hedychium

Classification:
Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Zingiberidae
Order	Zingiberales
Family	Zingiberaceae – Ginger family
Genus	Hedychium J. Koenig – garland-lily
Species	Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe – cream garland-lily

U.S. Weed Information:
Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe

awapuhi melemele
yellow ginger

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

HEAR

USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.

Introduced Information:
Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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