Flower Notes:
Cream (Creamy-white flowers on large flower stalks in June and July)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Long sword-like to strap-like leaves are evergreen with sharp points)
Fruit Notes:
Brown (Brown capsules; not ornamentally important)
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils; tolerates dry soil well, but not wet soil
Range:
Southeastern United States
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Long sword-like to strap-like leaves (3.5' long by 2" wide) are evergreen with sharp points. Numerous fibers along leaf margin. Large (over 6') flower stalks with spikes (panicles) of creamy-white flowers.