Zephyranthes drummondii |
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cebolleta, giant rain lily, prairie lily |
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Leaf | blade glaucous-green, to 8 mm wide. |
Flowers | erect; perianth white, sometimes flushed pink abaxially, more so with age, broadly funnelform, 6–9 cm; perianth tube white to green, 3–4(–4.7) cm, diam. primarily uniform, ca. 1/2 perianth length, more than 15 times filament length, equaling (3/4–11/4) spathe length; tepals rarely reflexed; stamens fasciculate, distinctly subequal; filaments subulate, 0.1–0.2 cm, apex acute; anthers 5–8 mm; style notably shorter than perianth tube; stigma 3-fid, included in perianth tube; pedicel (0.2–)0.5–2(–3.3) cm, shorter than spathe. |
Spathe | (3–)4–5 cm. |
2n | = 48, 72. |
Zephyranthes drummondii |
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Phenology | Flowering mid spring–mid summer (Mar–Aug). |
Habitat | Sandy/rocky, usually calcareous soils |
Elevation | 0–900 m (0–3000 ft) |
Distribution |
FL; LA; TX; ne Mexico
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Discussion | Specimens of Zephyranthes drummondii with rare biflowered inflorescences were collected by B. C. Tharp in 1939 and 1946 in Austin, Texas. The species has naturalized in Florida. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 299. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Zephyranthes |
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Synonyms | Cooperia pedunculata |
Name authority | D. Don: in R. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard., ser. 2, 4: plate 328. (1836) |
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