''Schoenolirion croceum'', known by the common names yellow sunnybell, sunnybells and swamp candle,
[ is a species of flowering plant in the Agave subfamily. It is native to the ]Southeastern United States
The Southeastern United States, also known as the American Southeast or simply the Southeast, is a geographical List of regions in the United States, region of the United States located in the eastern portion of the Southern United States and t ...
from Texas to North Carolina. It is found on moist rock outcrops, in wet pinelands and in habitats that are very wet in the spring but dry in the summer. In middle Tennessee
Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...
, it is found in fen-like areas in cedar glades
A calcareous glade is a type of ecological community (ecology), community that is found in the central Eastern United States. Calcareous glade (geography), glades occur where bedrock such as limestone occurs near or at the surface, and have very ...
, fed by spring water. Further south, it inhabits wet pine savannas and bogs.[Flora of North America]
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References
Agavoideae
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Plants described in 1803
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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