Cahaba lily
E319071
The Cahaba lily is a rare, showy aquatic plant with fragrant white flowers that blooms on rocky shoals of Southeastern U.S. rivers, especially in Alabama.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cahaba lily canonical | 3 |
| Cahaba lilies (Hymenocallis coronaria) | 1 |
| Cahaba lily (Hymenocallis coronaria) | 1 |
| rocky shoals spider lily | 1 |
| shoals spider lily | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2996596 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cahaba lily Context triple: [Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge, habitatFor, Cahaba lily]
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A.
Sego lily
The Sego lily is a delicate, white-petaled wildflower native to the western United States, particularly associated with Utah, where it holds cultural and historical significance.
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B.
Gloriosa lily
Gloriosa lily is a striking, climbing flowering plant known for its distinctive flame-like red and yellow petals and is native to parts of Africa and Asia.
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C.
Trillium
Trillium is a white three-petaled wildflower native to Ontario and widely recognized as a provincial emblem and symbol of the region.
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D.
Lilium
Lilium is a genus of flowering plants known for its large, often fragrant, trumpet-shaped lilies commonly grown as ornamentals in gardens and used in floral arrangements.
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E.
Hyacinth
Hyacinth is a given name of Greek origin, historically associated with mythological and floral imagery and used for people of any gender.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cahaba lily Target entity description: The Cahaba lily is a rare, showy aquatic plant with fragrant white flowers that blooms on rocky shoals of Southeastern U.S. rivers, especially in Alabama.
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A.
Sego lily
The Sego lily is a delicate, white-petaled wildflower native to the western United States, particularly associated with Utah, where it holds cultural and historical significance.
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B.
Gloriosa lily
Gloriosa lily is a striking, climbing flowering plant known for its distinctive flame-like red and yellow petals and is native to parts of Africa and Asia.
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C.
Trillium
Trillium is a white three-petaled wildflower native to Ontario and widely recognized as a provincial emblem and symbol of the region.
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D.
Lilium
Lilium is a genus of flowering plants known for its large, often fragrant, trumpet-shaped lilies commonly grown as ornamentals in gardens and used in floral arrangements.
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E.
Hyacinth
Hyacinth is a given name of Greek origin, historically associated with mythological and floral imagery and used for people of any gender.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aquatic plant
ⓘ
flowering plant ⓘ plant ⓘ |
| bloomingSeason |
early summer
ⓘ
late spring ⓘ |
| class | Liliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
Cahaba lily
self-link
ⓘ
Cahaba lily self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
rocky shoals spider lily
Cahaba lily self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
shoals spider lily
|
| conservationStatus | rare ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of the Cahaba River ⓘ |
| distribution |
Black Warrior River system
ⓘ
Cahaba River ⓘ Savannah River ⓘ
surface form:
Savannah River system
|
| ecoregion |
Fall Line of the Appomattox River
ⓘ
surface form:
Fall Line
Piedmont (United States) ⓘ
surface form:
Piedmont
|
| endemicRegion | fall-line shoals of Southeastern U.S. rivers ⓘ |
| family | Amaryllidaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | white ⓘ |
| flowerScent | fragrant ⓘ |
| flowerType | showy ⓘ |
| genus | Hymenocallis ⓘ |
| growthForm | perennial ⓘ |
| habitat |
rocky river shoals
ⓘ
shallow, fast-flowing rivers ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | straplike leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial herb ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Alabama
ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern United States
|
| order | Asparagales ⓘ |
| petalShape | spiderlike ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| pollination | insects ⓘ |
| protectedIn | Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ |
| reproduction |
bulbs
ⓘ
seeds ⓘ |
| rootingSubstrate |
gravel shoals
ⓘ
rock crevices ⓘ |
| scientificName |
Hymenocallis
ⓘ
surface form:
Hymenocallis coronaria
|
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
dams
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ recreational disturbance ⓘ river impoundment ⓘ water pollution ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cahaba lily Description of subject: The Cahaba lily is a rare, showy aquatic plant with fragrant white flowers that blooms on rocky shoals of Southeastern U.S. rivers, especially in Alabama.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge
this entity surface form:
Cahaba lilies (Hymenocallis coronaria)
this entity surface form:
Cahaba lily (Hymenocallis coronaria)
this entity surface form:
shoals spider lily
this entity surface form:
rocky shoals spider lily