Family: Amaryllidaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Naturalized in Puerto Rico, Jamaica
  
• Tropical/subtropical climate suitability
  
• Repeated introductions outside native range
  
• Unpalatable to deer
  
• Tolerates shade, wide soil range, drought, salt
  
• Bulb-forming geophyte
  
• Produces viable seed
  
• Dispersed intentionally by people
  
• Wind-dispersed seeds

Low Risk Traits:

• Specialist pollinator (hummingbird)
  
• Not an agricultural weed
  
• No spines, thorns, or burrs
  
• Not toxic to animals or humans
  
• No dense thickets
  
• Not self-compatible
  
• No vegetative fragmentation
  
• No persistent seed bank
  
• No bird, water, or gut dispersal