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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 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.
JK Marlow jkm180331_191
March Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
Tepals usually reflexed; stamens ~ equal; stigma 3-fid, >2mm beyond anthers, per Flora of North America.
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 (2015).
Keith Bradley kab_z_atamasca_1635
March Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Perianth mostly white, sometimes tinged or veined pink, funnelform; tube green, per Flora of North America.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_z_atamasca_4
March
Pistil longer than the stamens, with 3 stigmas, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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.
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.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmzephyranthes_group
Month Unknown
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