Flowers:
Cream (Creamy-white flowers on large flower stalks in June and July)
Foliage:
Green (Long sword-like to strap-like leaves are evergreen with sharp points)
Fruit:
Brown (Brown capsules; not ornamentally important)
Soil:
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 (1-1.75' long by 1-1.5" wide) are evergreen with sharp points and bent downwards above the middle. Straight, thread-like fibers along leaf margin. Large (over 4') flower stalks with downy, spikes (panicles) of creamy-white flowers.
