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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zephyranthes simpsonii
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
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Learn more about Zephyranthes from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zephyranthes simpsonii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zephyranthes simpsonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Zephyranthes simpsonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-04-002:
Zephyranthes simpsonii FAMILY Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Atamosco simpsonii
COMMON NAME:
Florida Atamasco-lily, Red-margined Atamasco-lily, Rain-lily
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Keith Bradley kab_608222057822390
April Georgetown County SC
Tepals are upright at full flowering (vs. those of Z. atamasca are spreading), per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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Keith Bradley kab_979711226351781
April Georgetown County SC
Flowers of Z. simpsonii are smaller than those of Z. atamasca, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_zephyranthes_simsonii
July
Similar to Z. atamasca but with the pistil shorter than the stamens, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zephyranthes simpsonii
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zephyranthes simpsonii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zephyranthes simpsonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Zephyranthes simpsonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-04-002:
Zephyranthes simpsonii
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Atamosco simpsonii
3842
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to dry-mesic sandy soils (usually with admixture of shell hash) of coastal fringe sandhills or mainland maritime forests, usually associated with Quercus hemisphaerica, on barrier islands or within about 10 km of the ocean (NC, SC), pine flatwoods (FL, GA), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring
Tepals mostly white at base, tips usually pink
6 tepals, perianth campanulate or funnelform
6 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p455
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p505
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p163
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p171
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