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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Zephyranthes from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Zephyranthes atamasco
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zephyranthes atamasca var. atamasca
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Flora of North America
Zephyranthes atamasca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 044-04-001:
Zephyranthes atamasco
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Atamosco atamasco
COMMON NAME:
Common Atamasco Lily, Rain-lily, Easter Lily, Naked Lily
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JK Marlow jkm0203e_20
March Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
Their Indian name "Cullowhee" was given to one of our mountain towns, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
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JK Marlow jkm180331_191
March Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
Perianth mostly white, sometimes tinged or veined pink, funnelform; tube green, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm180331_203
March Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm180331_204
March Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
Mature leaves concave (vs. those of Z. treatiae are grooved), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm180331_209
March Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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Keith Bradley kab_z_atamasca_1635
March Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_z_atamasca_4
March
Pistil longer than the stamens, with 3 stigmas, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_zephyranthes_atamasca
March
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Tim Spira tps_zatamasca
March
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Ben Geer Keys bgk1687_a
April
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Mark A. Musselman mam_easterlily040709g
April Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
A single, erect, funnel-shaped flower at the top of a leafless stalk, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_z_atamasca_3
April
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JK Marlow jkm180506_490
May Crawford County GA
The thin-walled capsule splits at maturity, releasing shiny black seeds, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmzephyranthes_dark
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmzephyranthes_group
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Grass-like basal leaves up to 16" long, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
COMPARE
grass-like leaves of woodland or meadow flowering herbs